With Baeyer's reagent ethene and ethyne form:

ethylene glycol and oxalic acid

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oxalic acid and ethylene glycol

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formic aicd and acetic acid

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Solution

The correct option is A ethylene glycol and oxalic acid
Reaction of Baeyer's reagent with alkyne:
$C H \equiv C H \to C O O H - C O O H$
Reaction of Baeyer's reagent with alkene:
$C H_{2} = C H_{2} + H_{2} O + O B a y e r^{'} s r e a g e n t - -------- \to O H - C H_{2} - C H_{2} - O H$

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