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State the conditions required for the following reactions to take place:
Preparation of ethyne from ethylene dibromide

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Ethyne is prepared from ethylene dibromide by reacting is with hot conc. alcoholic KOH.
The reaction can be given as follow:
CH2BrCH2Br+KOHCHBr=CH2+KBr
CHBr=CH2+NaNH2CHCH+NaBr+H2

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