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Question
Give reasons:
Ethyne is more reactive than ethene.
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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