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Dibromoethane from ethene - AS Chemistry

Hi, I was wondering if someone could outline the mechanism for turning ethene into dibromoethane, with a "curly arrows" diagram if at all possible? Am I right in saying that this is electrophilic addition?

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C-C double bond polarises the Br2, so the Br closest to the double bond will be delta positive and the Br furthest away will be delta negative. Curly arrow from C-C double bond to delta postive Br then another curly arrow from Br-Br bond to the delta negative Br. Result is a carbocation and a Br- then curly arrow from Br- to the positive carbocation.

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