Electrophilic Addition

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  • Created on: 09-02-20 21:46
What is the product of the reaction of bromine and ethene?
1,2-dibromoethane
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Where in the ethene molecule has the density of negative charge the highest?
The double bond
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What does the high density of negative charge in the ethene molecule cause?
Repulsion of electrons in the bromine molecule - bromine becomes a polar molecule
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What happens due to the polarity of the bromine molecule?
The bonding becomes weaker so the bond between the 2 bromine atoms breaks - free bromide ion takes away both electrons as a lone pair
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What happens to the bromine atom that is positively polar?
It accepts a bonding pair of electrons from the ethene double bond, forming a covalent (dative) bond
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The ethene molecule becomes a positively charged ion, what happens next?
A covalent bond forms between the carbocation and the bromide ion
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What is a molecule called when it becomes polar?
Dipolar
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What do curly arrows show?
The movement of electron(s) from tail to tip
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Where in the ethene molecule has the density of negative charge the highest?

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The double bond

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What happens due to the polarity of the bromine molecule?

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What happens to the bromine atom that is positively polar?

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