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It will turn colorless because bromine is an unsaturated compound and unsaturated compound have double bonds

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The ethene reacts with the bromine and the solution turns colourless (from its original orange colour).

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The bromine water is decolorized due to a substitution reaction which occurs.

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a colourless solution

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What happens when ethanol reacts with bromine water?

Ethanol dissolves in water, as the polar ethanol molecules form hydrogen bonds with water molecules.


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