JIPMER Jipmer Medical Solved Paper-1999

  • question_answer
    Chlorine reacts with ethanol to give:

    A)  ethyl chloride  

    B)  chloroform       

    C)         acetaldehyde   

    D)         chloral

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Chlorine oxidise ethanol and form chloral.         \[{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}OH\xrightarrow[-2HCl]{C{{l}_{2}}}C{{H}_{3}}CHO\xrightarrow[-3HCl]{3C{{l}_{2}}}\underset{\text{Chloral}}{\mathop{CC{{l}_{3}}\cdot CHO}}\,\]


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