Question

Chloroprene undergoes radical polymerisation to form polychloroprene. Chloroprene is a special structure since it has two carbon-carbon double bonds and it turns out that polychloroprene also has one carbon-carbon double bond. In both addition polymerisation and radical polymerisation, the carbon-carbon double bonds in monomers are broken to form the polymers. I wonder, if the carbon-carbon double bonds in polychloroprene can further undergo:

(i) Addition reactions
(ii) Addition/ radical polymerisation

Answer 1

Yes, the carbon-carbon double bonds in polychloroprene can undergo addition reactions as well as radical polymerization.

Step-by-step explanation:

Yes, the carbon-carbon double bonds in polychloroprene can further undergo addition reactions as well as radical polymerization.

In addition reactions, the carbon-carbon double bond can react with a variety of reagents to form new bonds.

This can lead to the formation of different functional groups in the polymer.

In radical polymerization, the carbon-carbon double bonds can also undergo chain-growth polymerization, similar to the initial radical polymerization that forms polychloroprene.