Organic Chemistry - Standalone book
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ISBN: 9780073511214
Author: Francis A Carey Dr., Robert M. Giuliano
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 28.7, Problem 5P
Problem 28.5
(a) Write a chemical equation for the reaction in which tert-butoxy radical adds to vinyl chloride to initiate
(b) Repeat part (a) for the polymerization of styrene using AIBN as an initiator.
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