What is the primary product of the reaction between ethene and bromine?
Correct Answer: 1,2-dibromoethane
- Step 1: Identify the reactants. The reactants are ethene (C2H4) and bromine (Br2).
- Step 2: Understand the type of reaction. This is an electrophilic addition reaction.
- Step 3: Recognize that ethene has a double bond between the two carbon atoms.
- Step 4: The bromine molecule (Br2) approaches the double bond in ethene.
- Step 5: One of the bromine atoms forms a bond with one of the carbon atoms in ethene, breaking the double bond.
- Step 6: The other bromine atom forms a bond with the other carbon atom in ethene.
- Step 7: The result is a new compound called 1,2-dibromoethane (C2H4Br2).
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