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Why acetylenic hydrogen in ethyne is more acidic in nature as compared to ethene??????

Why acetylenic hydrogen in ethyne is more acidic in nature as compared to ethene?????? 

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Saurabh Koranglekar
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3 years ago
Dear student


In a way the electronegativity of the element havingmores character ismore. So C inethyneismoreelectronegative than inethene and therefore Hydrogen inethyneismore acidicthan inEthene.Ethynecontains sp hybridized carbons, whileetheneand ethane contain sp2 and sp3 hybridized carbons respectively.

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