How does bromine water show if something is an alkane or alkene?
1 Answer
Because an olefin, an alkene, will undergo facile bromination with bromine.
Explanation:
You know that the bromine molecule is polarizable, i.e. it can form
The orange colour of bromine should therefore dissipate, and of course this is a positive test for olefinic bonds. Now that you have a carbocation, this will react with any nucleophile present: this could be water to give