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

Ethane is formed

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Methane is formed

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Ethene is formed

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Ethyne is formed

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Ethyne is formed

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

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