Alkenes, or hydrocarbons with at least one double bond undergo an addition reaction when combined with bromine (Br2). The general reaction is H2C=CH2 --> H2BrC--CBrH2, and it occurs readily. This reaction is a good way to identify alkenes because bromine has a reddish color, while alkanes and alkenes are colorless. So if bromine is added to an unknown hydrocarbon, the disappearance of the color is an indication of the presence of a pi bond.
The reaction is an addition reaction, where the bromine molecule adds across the double bond of the alkene, forming a colorless dibromoalkane product. This causes the bromine solution to lose its characteristic orange color, resulting in decolorization.
Use bromine water (Br2) or acidified permanganate (H+/MnO4-) With permanganate: add the permanganate to the alkane and no reaction will occur, add the permanganate to the alkene and you will form a diol the solution will also turn from purple to colourless. With bromine water: add the bromine water to the alkane (plus you need sunlight) and you get a substitution reaction, this is a slow reaction. Add the bromine water to the alkene and you get an immediate addition reaction (this one does not need sunlight). When bromine water reacts with an alkene it is decolourised, the reddish brown bromine water turns from brown to colourless. This is because alkenes are unsaturated and contain a carbon to carbon double bond. If you did the bromine water test in a dark place say a cupboard then the alkene would decolourise but the alkane wouldn't because it needs UV/sunlight in order to react. in practice the cupboard is not necessary as the speed of decolourisation is so much faster with the alkene.
Strong light is needed in the Br2 test to initiate the reaction between the alkene and bromine. The light provides the energy required to break the bromine molecule homolytically, forming bromine radicals that can then add to the alkene to form a bromonium ion intermediate. This intermediate eventually leads to the formation of the dibromoalkane product.
A catalyzed bromoacetamidation reaction involves the addition of a bromine atom and an amide functional group to an alkene. This reaction is often catalyzed by a bromine source and an amine base in the presence of a catalyst such as copper or palladium. The reaction proceeds via a radical pathway to form a bromoacetamide product.
Alkene + Bromine water in tetrachloromethane (CCl4): CnH2n + Br2 -> CnH2nBr2
An alkene can undergo halogenation when combined with chlorine or bromine in a halogenation reaction to form a dihalogenated alkane. This reaction involves the addition of a halogen atom across the double bond of the alkene.
Alkenes, or hydrocarbons with at least one double bond undergo an addition reaction when combined with bromine (Br2). The general reaction is H2C=CH2 --> H2BrC--CBrH2, and it occurs readily. This reaction is a good way to identify alkenes because bromine has a reddish color, while alkanes and alkenes are colorless. So if bromine is added to an unknown hydrocarbon, the disappearance of the color is an indication of the presence of a pi bond.
Bromine water reacts with alkenes through an electrophilic addition reaction where the pi bond of the alkene breaks, and bromine atoms are added to the carbon atoms. This reaction results in the decolorization of the bromine water, changing it from orange to colorless.
The reaction is an addition reaction, where the bromine molecule adds across the double bond of the alkene, forming a colorless dibromoalkane product. This causes the bromine solution to lose its characteristic orange color, resulting in decolorization.
In the bromine test, an alkene compound will decolorize a bromine solution whereas an aromatic compound will not react with the bromine solution. This is because the double bond in the alkene readily reacts with bromine to form a colorless product, while the stable aromatic ring in the aromatic compound does not undergo such reaction.
Use bromine water (Br2) or acidified permanganate (H+/MnO4-) With permanganate: add the permanganate to the alkane and no reaction will occur, add the permanganate to the alkene and you will form a diol the solution will also turn from purple to colourless. With bromine water: add the bromine water to the alkane (plus you need sunlight) and you get a substitution reaction, this is a slow reaction. Add the bromine water to the alkene and you get an immediate addition reaction (this one does not need sunlight). When bromine water reacts with an alkene it is decolourised, the reddish brown bromine water turns from brown to colourless. This is because alkenes are unsaturated and contain a carbon to carbon double bond. If you did the bromine water test in a dark place say a cupboard then the alkene would decolourise but the alkane wouldn't because it needs UV/sunlight in order to react. in practice the cupboard is not necessary as the speed of decolourisation is so much faster with the alkene.
Unsaturated compounds decolorize bromine because bromine is added across the double bond through an electrophilic addition reaction. This reaction converts the orange bromine solution to a colorless product, resulting in decolorization of the solution.
Strong light is needed in the Br2 test to initiate the reaction between the alkene and bromine. The light provides the energy required to break the bromine molecule homolytically, forming bromine radicals that can then add to the alkene to form a bromonium ion intermediate. This intermediate eventually leads to the formation of the dibromoalkane product.
A catalyzed bromoacetamidation reaction involves the addition of a bromine atom and an amide functional group to an alkene. This reaction is often catalyzed by a bromine source and an amine base in the presence of a catalyst such as copper or palladium. The reaction proceeds via a radical pathway to form a bromoacetamide product.
Bromine in water or bromine water can be used to distinguish between an alkene and an alkyne. Alkenes will decolorize bromine water by undergoing addition reactions, while alkynes will not react under normal conditions and will not decolorize bromine water.
The addition of bromine to trans-cinnamic acid occurs more slowly than to a normal alkene due to the steric hindrance caused by the phenyl group in cinnamic acid, which restricts the approach of the bromine molecule. The resonance stabilization of the double bond in cinnamic acid also hinders the electrophilic attack of bromine, making the reaction slower compared to a normal alkene with no such effects.