Question

Name the products formed and write an equation when ethyne is added to the chlorine in an
inert solvent ?

Answer 1

Ethyne in an inert solvent of carbon tetrachloride adds chlorine to change into 1,2-dichloro
ethene with carbon-carbon double bond, and then to an 1,1,2,2-tetrachloro ethane with
carbon-carbon single bond.

1,2-dichloro ethene 1,1,2,2 -tetrachloro ethane