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Give balanced chemical equations for the following:

(a) Laboratory Preparation of Ethylene.

(b) Preparation of Ethanol by hydrolysis of alkyl halide.

(c) Ethene reacting with bromine.

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(a) C2H5OH ethyl alcohol170°CConc. H2SO4[excess]C2H4ethylene+H2O\underset{\text{ ethyl alcohol}}{\text{C}2\text{H}5\text{OH}} \xrightarrow[170\degree\text{C}]{\text{Conc. H}2\text{SO}4\text{[excess]}} \underset{ \text{ethylene}}{\text{C}2\text{H}4} + \text{H}_2\text{O}\

(b)

C2H5Br Bromoethane [ethyl bromide]+NaOH aqueousboilC2H5OHethanol+NaBr\underset{\text{ Bromoethane [ethyl bromide]}}{\text{C}2\text{H}5\text{Br}} + \underset{\text{ aqueous}}{\text{NaOH}} \xrightarrow{\text{boil}} \underset{ \text{ethanol}} {\text{C}2\text{H}5\text{OH}} + \text{NaBr}

(c) C2H4 ethene+Br2[inert solvent]CCl4C2H4Br21,2-dibromooethane [ethylene bromide]\underset{\text{ ethene}}{\text{C}2\text{H}4} + \text{Br}2 \xrightarrow[\text{[inert solvent]}]{\text{CCl}4} \underset{\text{1,2-dibromooethane [ethylene bromide]}}{\text{C}2\text{H}4\text{Br}_2}

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