EAMCET Medical EAMCET Medical Solved Paper-2003

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    Ethyl orthoformate is formed by heating ...... with sodium ethoxide.

    A)  \[CHCl{{3}_{{}}}\]           

    B)  \[{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}OH\]

    C)  \[HCOOH\]      

    D)  \[C{{H}_{3}}CHO\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                     Chloroform on reaction with sodium ethoxide  gives  ethyl  ortho  formate \[[CH{{(O{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}})}_{3}}].\] \[CHC{{l}_{3}}+3{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}ONa\xrightarrow{{}}\underset{\text{Ethyl}\,\text{ortho}\,\text{formate}}{\mathop{CH{{(O{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}})}_{3}}}}\,+3NaCl\]


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