Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · Chemical bonding

Chemical bonding — practice question

What kinds of bond breakage and bond formation take place in the addition polymerisation of alkenes?

  • Abond breakage: $\pi$ only; bond formation: $\sigma$ only
  • Bbond breakage: $\pi$ only; bond formation: $\sigma$ and $\pi$
  • Cbond breakage: $\sigma$ and $\pi$; bond formation: $\sigma$ only
  • Dbond breakage: $\sigma$ and $\pi$; bond formation: $\sigma$ and $\pi$

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