What happens when ethylene bromide is boiled with alcoholic potassium hydroxide?
ethane is formed
methane is formed
ethene is formed
ethyne is formed
When 1,2-dibromoethane (ethylene bromide) is boiled with alcoholic potassium hydroxide, ethyne is formed.
(a) Write an equation for the laboratory preparation of (i) an unsaturated hydrocarbon from calcium carbide. (ii) an alcohol from ethyl bromide. (b) What would you see, when ethyne is bubbled through a solution of bromine in carbon tetrachloride ? (c) Name the addition product formed between ethene and water.