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Date November 2018 Marks available [Maximum mark: 1] Reference code 18N.2.hl.TZ0.a
Level hl Paper 2 Time zone TZ0
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18N.2.hl.TZ0.a

Carbon dioxide contributes significantly to global warming. It can be used as a raw material with methyloxirane to form polymers.

Suggest why the three-membered ring in methyloxirane is unstable.

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angle between bonds is 60°/strained/smaller than 109.5° ✔