Give appropriate chemical reactions to carry out the preparation of ethylene from a vicinal di
bromide
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(A) It can be prepared by WURTZ Reaction
CH3Cl+CCH3Cl ssodiumindryethe C2H6
(B) Alkynes are obtained from vicinal dihalides by dehydrohalogenation which is carried out in two steps:
The first step is to prepare unsaturated halides. The halides formed have a halogen attached to a double bonded carbon. These halides are called vinylic halides which are not reactive in nature.
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