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Compound A is bubbled through bromine dissolved in carbon tetrachloride and the product is CH2BrCH2Br
ABr2/CCl4−−−−−CH2BrCH2Br
i) Draw the structural formula of A
ii) What type of reaction has A undergone?
iii) What is your observation?
iv) Name (not formula) the compound formed when steam reacts with A in the presence of phosphoric acid.
v) What is the procedure for converting the product of (iv) back to A?

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