Other bioassays have used the effects of ethene on root hair formation or leaf abscission.
This page guides you through the mechanism for the acid catalyzed dehydration of a simple alcohol like ethanol to give an alkene like ethene.
All fruits that ripen in response to ethene show a characteristic rise in respiratory rate before the ripening phase, called a climacteric.
In the reverse direction, this is a dehydration of ethanol to make ethene.
A brief summary of the manufacture of ethanol Ethanol is manufactured by reacting ethene with steam.