Alkenes Advanced 2. Reaction of ethene with bromine
This video begins by preparing ethene from ethanol and then reacting it with bromine in bromine water. Later, it moves on to consider the mechanism of the reaction - electrophilic addition. The main aim to help you learn to trace the movement of electrons in the 2-step mechanism and to learn to present the mechanism using so-called "curly arrows". Note that while ethene is reacted with bromine water at the start of the video - the mechanism looks at the reaction between ethene and pure bromine!
By Frank Scullion