JEE Main Chemistry question

The reactivities of ethane, ethylene and acetylene towards electrophilic addition are of the order

(A)Ethane ethene ethyne
(B)Ethane ethyne etheneCorrect
(C)Ethyne = ethene ethane
(D)Any of the above

Answer: (B)

Solution

Towards electrophilic addition, ethane (no -bond) is unreactive; between the unsaturated hydrocarbons, the alkyne's -carbons (50% -character) hold their

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