Describe an effective single-step ring-opening polymerization route for the synthesis of each of the polymers listed below. Draw structures of the monomers that may be used suggest viable catalyst/initiators for the polymerization and outline the polymerization

Describe an effective single-step ring-opening polymerization route for the synthesis of each of the polymers listed below. Draw structures of the monomers that may be used suggest viable catalyst/initiators for the polymerization and outline the polymerization

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each of the polymers listed below. Draw structures of the monomers that may be used,
suggest viable catalyst/initiators for the polymerization and outline the polymerization
mechanisms for the chosen catalyst/initiators.
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