(Already circled the monomeric units, just need the rest please) 2. Metaldehyde
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(Already circled the monomeric units, just need the rest please)2. Metaldehyde is used as a garden bait to attract and kill snails and slugs. It is synthesized by polymerizing four molecules of acetaldehyde into a cyclic tetramer. CH H3C Draw a circle around each monomerie unit (acetaldehyde) in the metaldehyde molecule. Met- aldehyde ca reaction. Metaldehyde has a high vapor pressure. Why is this essential to its functi bait? n be converted to acetakdehyde by treatment with acid. Write an equation for this on as snail
Explanation / Answer
Equation: metaldehyde(C8H16O4) = 4 C2H4O (acetaldehyde)
The high vapor pressure of metaldehyde helps to attract snails easily because high vapor pressure means more vapor is formed and mixes with air and the smell reaches to snails more readily
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