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Bromination of an alkene template
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Ethene and Br₂ form a bromonium ion; bromide opens it from the back to give 1,2-dibromoethane.
Mechanism step by step
Bromonium ion formation, then anti attack by bromide
- Bromonium ion – The π bond attacks Br; Br closes the three-membered ring
- Ring opening – Br⁻ attacks from the back
Key points
- Anti addition: the two Br atoms end up on opposite faces.
- In water the bromonium is opened by H₂O: a bromohydrin.
- The decolourisation of bromine water is a test for C=C.
- Unsymmetrical bromonium ions open at the more substituted carbon.
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