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Before the development of the thermal cracking of alkanes, ethene was made by partially hydrogenating acetylene.

Industrial Organic Chemistry, 3rd. Ed. K. Weissermel, H.-J. Arpe, VCH (1997)

HC≡CH
  +  
H2
         
H2C=CH2
Reactant Page Go To Go To
Acetylene     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Hydrogen     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Ethylene     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: AS
Hydrogenation, catalytic
Industrial Process: Organic
Reduction: Of Substrate By Reagent

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