Ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP, see Section 8-17) is a promising new technique for polymerizing cyclic olefins. In its simplest form, the reaction involves a cycloalkene (preferably with some ring strain to drive the reaction) whose double bonds undergo metathesis (a trading of partners at the ends of the double bonds) to give a polymer containing both single and double bonds.

Show which monomers might have reacted to produce the following polymers:

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卡\\//\\/ベ polymer Ru or Mo catalyst n /Ru or Mo catalyst, monomer ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP)