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Q. The monomer used to produce orlon is

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Solution:

Orion is poly vinyl cyanide which is a polymer of vinyl cyanide (or acrylonitrile).
$\underset{\text{vinyl cyanide}}{nCH_2 = CH - CN} \to \underset{\text{orlon}}{-\left[-CH_2-\underset{\overset{|}{C}N}{C}H-\right]_n-}$