How would you convert:

(a) ethene into 1, 2-dibromoethane?

(b) ethene into ethyl brominde?

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(a) Ethene into 1, 2 -dibromoethane: Ethene reacts with bromine at room temperature to form saturated ethylene chloride.

CH2 = CH2 + Br2 →CH2(Br) − CH2(Br)

1,2-dibromo ethane

(b) Ethene into ethyl bromide: When ethene is treated with HBr bromoethane is formed.

CH2 = CH2 + HBr →CH3 − CH2Br

Ethyl bromide

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