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Ethyl bromide is produced industrially by the addition of HBr to ethylene. When aluminium bromide is used as the catalyst the reaction will proceed via a polar (Lewis acid/base) mechanism.

L. Kniel, O. Winter and K. Stork, Ethylene: Keystone to the Petrochemical Industry
H2C=CH2
  +  
HBr
  +  
AlBr3
         
CH3CH2Br
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Bromoethane     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Addition: Electrophilic Protonation
British A-Level Chemistry: AS
Ethylene the Petrochemical Building Block
Type 4 Lewis Acid/Base Complexation Chemistry

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