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Which of the following is the monomer that gives the polymer shown below?

Which of the following reagents will selectively oxidize an aldose to an aldonic acid?

Which of the following is the repeating unit in poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC)?

Bonus question An optically active D-aldohexose was treated with NaBH4 / H2O and produced an optically inactive alditol. When the same D-aldohexose was subjected to Wohl degradation followed by HNO3, it produced an optically inactive aldaric acid. Provide the structure of this D-aldohexose.

Which of the following is the repeating unit in poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC)?

Provide the structure of a region of an alternating copolymer constructed from propylene and acrylonitrile.

Which of the following monomers would be most reactive towards anionic polymerization?

What monomers formed the following polymer?

Which of the following statements describes what vulcanization means?

Provide the structure of a region of an alternating copolymer constructed from propylene and acrylonitrile.