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Ernest Z.
Jun 6, 2017

How about this?

Explanation:

Step 1. Bromination of ethane

#underbrace("CH"_3"CH"_3)_color(red)("ethane") + "Br"_2 stackrelcolor(blue)(hνcolor(white)(mm))(→) underbrace("CH"_3"CH"_2"Br")_color(red)("bromoethane")#

Step 2. Dehydrobromination of bromoethane

#underbrace("H-CH"_2"-CH"_2"-Br")_color(red)("bromoethane") stackrelcolor(blue)("alc. KOH", Δcolor(white)(mm))(→) underbrace("CH"_2"=CH"_2)_color(red)("ethene")#

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