Question

Ethylidene bromide on heating with metallic sodium in ether yields

• A. ethene
• B. ethyene
• C. 2-butene
• D. 1-butene

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

$\underset{\text{Δ}}{\overset{\text{Ether}}{\to }}\underset{\text{2-Butene}}{{\text{CH}}_{\text{3}}-\text{CH}\text{=}\text{CH}}-{\text{CH}}_{\text{3}}\text{+}\text{4NaBr}$