Question

How will you convert ethene to ethane?

Answer 1

Ethene to ethane:

• The process in which alkenes react with hydrogen in the presence of catalysts like Nickel, Platinum, or Palladium to produce alkanes is known as catalytic hydrogenation.
• Here ethene reacts with hydrogen in the presence of Palladium to produce ethane through the process of catalytic hydrogenation.

$\underset{\mathrm{Ethene}}{{\mathrm{CH}}_2={\mathrm{CH}}_2}+\underset{\mathrm{Hydrogen}}{{\mathrm{H}}_2}\stackrel{\mathrm{Pd}}{\to }\underset{\mathrm{Ethane}}{{\mathrm{CH}}_3-{\mathrm{CH}}_3}$