Answer to Question #179590 in Organic Chemistry for sara

Question

Give an example of a reaction using a 2 carbon molecule that could be classified as both an addition and a reduction reaction draw, name and explain

Answer 1

Ethene hydrogenation is an addition reaction because the reactants combine to form a product without the loss of any atoms present in the reactants. It is also a reduction reaction, because C-H is a polar bond and in ethene C has the oxidation number of -2 and in ethane it has the oxidation number of -3.