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Dehydrohalogenation of Dihalides

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What happens when 1,2-dibromoethane is boiled with alcoholic potassium hydroxide?

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Ethane is formed

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Methane is formed

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Ethene is formed

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D

Ethyne is formed

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Solution

The correct option is D
Ethyne is formed

When 1,2-dibromoethane (ethylene bromide) is boiled with alcoholic potassium hydroxide, ethyne is formed.

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ethanol, ethane, methane, ethyne, and ethene
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(ii) which forms methanoic acid on oxidation in the presence of copper at 200°C.
(iii) which has vapour density 14 and turns acidic potassium permanganate colourless.
(iv) which forms chloroform on halogenation in the presence of sunlight.
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(a) The laboratory preparation of methane from sodium acetate.
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What happens when 1,2-dibromoethane is boiled with alcoholic potassium hydroxide?

Match the compounds, Ethanol, Methane, Ethanoic acid, Ethyne, and Ethene with the description given below:

Ethene is formed when it is dehydrated by concentrated Sulphuric acid.

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