Question

ethene to butyne .........................................

Answer 1

The preparation of butyne from ethene is happened by a perticular steps

• At first ethene is converted to ethane by adding hydrogen in the presence of nickel catalyst

• Then the ethane is converted to chloroethane by the addition of hydrogen chloride

• The chloroethane is converted to but-1-yne by the addition of sodium acetilide

And thus the total process for preparing the but-1-yne from ethene is completed.

there are 3 steps to complete the conversion of butyne from ethene