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Q. Nitromethane reacts with chlorine in the presence of a base to give:

J & K CETJ & K CET 2000

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Nitromethane reacts with chlorine in the presence of base to give trichloronitromethane which is also known as chloropicrin.
$\underset{\text { nitromethane }}{ CH _{3} NO _{2}}+3 Cl _{2}+3 NaOH \rightarrow \underset{\text { chloropicrin }}{ Cl _{3} C. NO _{2}}+3 NaCl +3 H _{2} O$