JEE Main Chemistry question

Ethylene dibromide on heating with metallic sodium in ether solution yields [Guj CET 2004]

(A)Ethene
(B)Ethyne
(C)2-buteneCorrect
(D)1-butene

Answer: (C)

Solution

Two molecules of 1,2-dibromoethane (BrCHCHBr) undergo an intermolecular Wurtz coupling with Na: the four carbons join to give CH–CH=CH–CH (2-butene) after double

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