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The compound formed when an alcoholic solution of ethylene dibromide is heated with granulated zinc is:

A
ethene
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ethyne
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ethane
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bromoethane
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Solution

The correct option is A ethene
The given reaction is dehalogenation reaction. Zinc removes bromine from ethylene dibromide as zinc bromide and forms ethene.
BrH2CCH2BrEthylene dibromide+Znheat−−−alcoholH2C=CH2+ZnBr2

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