JEE Main & Advanced Chemistry Haloalkanes and Haloarenes / हैलोएल्केन तथा हैलोएरीन्स Question Bank Preparation of Halogen containing compounds

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    Chlorine reacts with ethanol to give [MP PMT 1989; CPMT 1997; KCET 1998; JIPMER 1999]

    A) Ethyl chloride

    B) Chloroform

    C) Acetaldehyde

    D) Chloral

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

               \[C{{H}_{3}}C{{H}_{2}}OH+C{{l}_{2}}\to C{{H}_{3}}CHO+2HCl\] \[C{{H}_{3}}CHO+3C{{l}_{2}}\to \underset{\text{Chloral}}{\mathop{CC{{l}_{3}}\,CHO}}\,+3HCl\]


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