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chloroprene
chemical compound
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dienes
- In chemistry of industrial polymers: Polymerization of dienes
isoprene (CH2=C[CH3]―CH=CH2), and chloroprene (CH2=C[Cl]―CH=CH2). When diene monomers such as these undergo polymerization, a number of different repeating units may be formed. Isoprene, for example, forms four, having the following designations:
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vinylic halides
- In organohalogen compound: Addition of a hydrogen halide to an alkyne
Chloroprene, the monomer used in the formation of the elastomer neoprene, is prepared from vinylacetylene by this reaction.
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