Name a reagent which can distinguish between ethene and ethane.

Q. How will you distinguish between Ethane and Ethene Chemically ? Give Reaction Involved.

Q. (i) Which compound should be heated with soda lime to obtain ethane gas in the laboratory?
(ii) Write the equation for the reaction involved in the above question.
(iii) Write a balanced equation for the complete combustion of ethane.
(iv) Name a solid which can be used, instead of conc. H₂SO₄ to prepare ethylene by dehydration of ethanol.
(v) Name a reagent which can be used to distinguish between ethane and ethene.
(vi) Ethylene forms and addition product with chlorine. Name this addition product and write its structural formula.

Q. Give a chemical test to distinguish between:
(a) saturated and unsaturated compounds
(b) ethane and ethene
(c) ethene (ethylene) and ethyne (acetylene).

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Q. Distinguish between the saturated hydrocarbon ethane and the unsaturated hydrocarbon ethene by drawing their structural formulae.​