What is the main product when ethyne reacts with excess hydrogen bromide?
Correct answer A. 1,1-Dibromoethane
Explanation
The first HBr gives bromoethene. The second HBr adds by Markovnikov's rule, with Br going to the carbon that already carries bromine, giving 1,1-dibromoethane, CH₃CHBr₂.
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