Consider the following diagram of a chemical reaction.
A series of four increasingly more complex chemical structures. The first diagram shows that when heat is applied to R single bond O single bond O single bond R, it creates 2 R single bond O with 1 electron dot. The next structure brings in more complex structures and other atoms, such as H and C. This process continues until the final molecule has a long chain of six starting with R O and ending with C with a single electron dot. There are four single side chains, 3 P h and 1 H.
What is the product that is formed in this reaction?
a polymer
a monomer
an alkyl halide
a carboxylic acid