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Question
Which of the following are example of synthetic rubber?
(i) Polychloroprene
(ii) Polyacrylonitrile
(iii) Buna-N
(iv) cis-polyisoprene
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Solution
(i) Polychloroprene
(iii) Buna-N
Explanation:
Polychloroprene is a polymer of chloroprene and it is synthetic rubber.

Buna-N is a synthetic rubber made from the polymerisation of 1, 3-butadiene and acrylonitrile

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