Q.Name the following: Alkene used in the manufacture of polythene bags.

Alkenes serve chiefly as starting materials for building other functional-group compounds through their characteristic addition reactions -- alkyl halides, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, and carboxylic acids are all commonly synthesised from an alkene this way. Industrially, ethene and propene are polymerised into polythene and polypropylene respectively, moulded into everyday items such as bags, toys and …