Draw the Lewis structure for chloroethene and predict the H–C–Cl bond angle.

Draw a section of poly(chloroethene) containing six carbon atoms.

Outline why the polymerization of alkenes is of economic importance and why the disposal of plastics is a problem.

Chloroethene can be converted to ethanol in two steps. For each step deduce an overall equation for the reaction taking place.

Step 1:

Step 2:

State the reagents and conditions necessary to prepare ethanoic acid from ethanol in the laboratory.

State an equation, including state symbols, for the reaction of ethanoic acid with water. Identify a Brønsted-Lowry acid in the equation and its conjugate base.