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Question
Give reasons:
Ethyne is more reactive than ethene.
Chemical Equations/Structures
Give Reasons
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Solution
Ethyne (H – C ≡ C – H) is highly reactive compound than ethene because of the presence of a triple bond between its two carbon atoms.
\[\begin{array}{cc}
\ce{H}\phantom{........}\ce{H}\\
\backslash\phantom{.......}/\\
\ce{C = C}\\
/\phantom{......}\backslash\\
\ce{H}\phantom{........}\ce{H}\\
\end{array}\]
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