When D2 reacts with ethylene (C2H4) in the presence of a finely divided catalyst, ethane with two

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When D2 reacts with ethylene (C2H4) in the presence of a finely divided catalyst, ethane with two deuteriums, CH2D - CH2D, is formed. (Deuterium, D, is an isotope of hydrogen of mass 2). Very little ethane forms in which two deuteriums are bound to one carbon (for example, CH3 - CHD2). Use the sequence of steps involved in the reaction (Figure 14.24) to explain why this is so?
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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 978-0321696724

12th edition

Authors: Theodore Brown, Eugene LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward

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