Polyphosphazenes are an important class of inorganic macromolecule and have many commercial applications, e.g. fire retardants, elastomers,

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Polyphosphazenes are an important class of inorganic macromolecule and have many commercial applications, e.g. fire retardants, elastomers, fuel cell membranes, biomedical applications. The scheme opposite shows synthetic routes to three polymers.

(a) Outline how (NPCl2)n is produced on a large scale starting from PCl5 and NH4Cl. 

(b) What are the identities of the polymers A–C?

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Inorganic Chemistry

ISBN: 9781292134147

5th Edition

Authors: Catherine Housecroft

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