Question

Write the names and the formula of the products formed when ethane reacts with bromine. Write the chemical equations.

Answer 1

When ethane reacts with bromine, it forms Hexabromoethane.

\[\ce{C2H6 + Br2 ->[Heat] \underset{(Bromoethane)}{C2H5Br} + HBr}\]

\[\ce{C2H5Br + Br2 ->[Heat] \underset{(1, 2-Dibromoethane)}{C2H4Br2} + HBr}\]

\[\ce{C2H4Br2 + Br2 ->[Heat] \underset{(Tribromoethane)}{C2H3Br3} + HBr}\]

\[\ce{C2H3Br3 + Br2 ->[Heat] \underset{(Tetrabromoethane)}{C2H2Br4} + HBr}\]

\[\ce{C2H2Br4 + Br2 ->[Heat] \underset{(Pentabromoethane)}{C2HBr5} + HBr}\]

\[\ce{C2HBr5 + Br2 ->[Heat] \underset{(Hexabromoethane)}{C2Br6} + HBr}\]