Answer. When bromine waters (a solution of bromine in water) having red-brown colour is added to ethene in an inert solvent like car.bon tetrachloride, its colour is discharged at once. Bromine water reacts with ethene in CCU to form ethylene bromide a colorless compound.
H2C=CH2 + Br2 → Br-CH2-CH2-Br
This reaction is used to identify the unsaturation of an organic compound.