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What happens when calcium carbide is treated with water? Give chemical equation for the reaction.

Important Questions on Hydrocarbons

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Describe with a labelled diagram the laboratory method of preparation of acetylene. How can it be converted into 1-butyne and 2-butyne?
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Write the equation for preparation of propyne.
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Explain why are alkynes less reactive than alkenes towards electrophilic addition reactions?
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Comment upon acidic character of terminal alkynes.
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Account for the order of acidity : acetylene > benzene > hexane.
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Explain why alkynes undergo nucleophilic addition reactions while simple alkenes do not?
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Discuss the stereochemistry of the reduction products obtained when but-2-yne is reduced with Lindlar’s catalyst and Na in liquid NH3.
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Discuss the stereochemistry of the reduction products obtained when but-2-yne is reduced with Na in liquid NH3.