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Poly(chloroethene) is an addition polymer widely used to manufacture water pipes and window frames.

The structure of a repeating unit of a poly(chloroethene) molecule is shown in Figure 1.

A single repeating unit of poly(chloroethene) shown inside polymer brackets with a subscript n. Inside the brackets, there are two carbon atoms connected by a single covalent bond. The left-hand carbon is bonded to two hydrogen atoms (one pointing up, one pointing down). The right-hand carbon is bonded to one chlorine atom pointing up and one hydrogen atom pointing down. Single bonds extend outwards from the carbons through the brackets.

This polymer is synthesized from a monomer.

Draw the structure of the monomer molecule, showing all covalent bonds.

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