JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryPolymersJEE Main

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Which is the best monomer for getting chain growth polymer?

Answer: (C)

Solution

Styrene undergoes chain-growth (addition) polymerization most readily among these, because the phenyl ring stabilizes the propagating benzylic radical/carbocation intermediate particularly effectively, making chain growth facile.

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