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Will you prefer to polymerize acrylonitrile under anionic or cationic conditions. Explain.

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Acrylonitrile `(CH_2=CH-CN)` contains an electron - withdrawing cyano `(-C-=N)` group which can stablize a carbanion intermediate. Since in anionic polymerization , carbanion imtermediates are proudced both in the initiation step as well as in the chain propagation step as shown below , therefore , polymerization of acrylonitrile must be carried out anionic conditions.
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