Slightly soluble in water, it is commercially produced by the cracking or fractional distillation of petroleum or natural gas.  
Its useful polymerization can be carried out via the Ziegler process, and other useful reactions include producing its oxide, which is used in the manufacture of antifreeze and detergents.  Slightly soluble in water, it is commercially produced by the cracking or fractional distillation of petroleum or natural gas.  In addition this compound is a common plant hormone, whose secretion promotes the ripening of fruit.  FTP, name this compound with formula C2H4, the simplest of the alkenes.
Its useful polymerization can be carried out via the Ziegler process, and other useful reactions include producing its oxide, which is used in the manufacture of antifreeze and detergents.  
ethene or ethylene