Chemistry A-Level
test with bromine water
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Shaking with bromine water at room temperature turns it from orange to colourless as bromine adds across the double bond, while an alkane leaves it orange.
Topics that use test with bromine water
- Structure, bonding and reactivity (AQA A-Level)
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- General formula
- restricted rotation
- unsaturation
- attack by electrophiles
- carbon–carbon double bond
- high electron density
- planar geometry
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