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Classified as: Ethylene the Petrochemical Building Block

Ethylene, produced as a side reaction while cracking long chain alkanes, is the main starting material for the petrochemical industry. A large petrochemical plant may produce several thousand products, all starting from ethylene.
  +  
CH3CH2Cl
  +  
AlCl3
         
  +  
H+
  +  
[AlCl4]–

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2
H2C=CH2
  +  
SCl2
         
S(CH2CH2Cl)2

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1000
H2C=CH2
  +  
Ziegler-Natta
catalyst
         
–[CH2CH2]n–

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CH3CH3
         
H2C=CH2
  +  
H2

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Al(CH2CH3)3
  +  
TiCl4
         
Ziegler-Natta
catalyst

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H2C=CH2
  +  
HCl
  +  
AlCl3
         
CH3CH2Cl

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H2C=CH2
  +  
HBr
  +  
AlBr3
         
CH3CH2Br

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H2C=CH2
  +  
H2O
  +  
H+
         
CH3CH2OH

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  +  
FeO.Fe2O3
         
  +  
H2

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2
H2C=CH2
  +  
O2
  +  
H2O
  +  
PdCl2
  +  
CuCl2
          
2
CH3CHO

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H2C=CH2
  +  
PdCl2
  +  
H2O
         
CH3CHO
  +  
Pd
  +  
2
HCl

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H2C=CH2
  +  
HClO
         

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2
  +  
Na2CO3
  +  
H2O
         
2
  +  
CO2
  +  
2
NaCl

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2
  +  
Ca(OH)2
         
2
  +  
CaCl2
  +  
2
H2O

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2
H2C=CH2
  +  
O2
  +  
Ag
         
2

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4
H2C=CH2
  +  
2
O2
  +  
6
CH3COOH
         
2
  +  
2
  +  
2
H2O

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2
  +  
2
  +  
6
H2O
         
4
  +  
6
CH3COOH

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2
H2C=CH2
  +  
O2
  +  
2
CH3COOH
  +  
PdCl2
         
2
  +  
2
H2O

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H2C=CH2
  +  
Cl2
  +  
FeCl3
         
CH2ClCH2Cl

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2
H2C=CH2
  +  
4
HCl
  +  
O2
  +  
CuCl2
         
2
CH2ClCH2Cl
  +  
2
H2O

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CH2ClCH2Cl
         
H2C=CHCl
  +  
HCl

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H2C=CH2
  +  
Br2
         

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  +  
HBr

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H2C=CH2
  +  
HBr
  +  
γ
         
CH3CH2Br

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2
Al
  +  
3
Mg
  +  
6
CH3CH2Cl
         
2
Al(CH2CH3)3
  +  
3
MgCl2

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AlH3
  +  
3
H2C=CH2
         
Al(CH2CH3)3

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H2C=CH2
  +  
CO
  +  
H2
         

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2
  +  
O2
         
2
CH3CH2COOH

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  +  
H2
  +  
Pd
on C
         

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1000
  +  
1000
         
Terylene
  +  
2000
H2O

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1000
H2C=CH2
         
–[CH2CH2]n–

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