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Identify the chain initiation step of the polymerisation of ethene in the presence of benzoyl peroxide initiator, from the following?(a) C6H5• + C2H4 = C6H5-CH2-CH2•(b) C6H5-CH2-CH2• + C2H4 = C6H5-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2•(c) C6H5-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH2• = C6H5-(-CH2-CH2-)n-CH2•(d) C6H5-(-CH2-CH2-)n-CH2• + C6H5-(-CH2-CH2-)n-CH2• = C6H5-(-CH2-CH2-)n-C6H5I got this question in an interview for internship.Enquiry is from Types of Polymerisation Reactions in division Polymers of Chemistry – Class 12

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Right ANSWER is (a) C6H5• + C2H4 = C6H5-CH2-CH2•

To elaborate: BENZOYL peroxide undergoes homolytic fission to from phenyl free radical which ACTS an initiator. The first step is the ADDITION of this radical to the ethene double bond, thus GENERATING a new and larger free radical. This is called the chain initiating step.



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