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Q. When acetone reacts with bleaching powder, the compound formed is:

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Acetone reacts with bleaching powder to form chloroform. The reaction is in three steps as follows: (i) $ \underset{\begin{smallmatrix} Bleaching \\ \,\,powder \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{CaOC{{l}_{2}}}}\,+{{H}_{2}}O\xrightarrow{{}}Ca{{(OH)}_{2}}+C{{l}_{2}} $ (ii) $ \underset{Acetone}{\mathop{C{{H}_{3}}COC{{H}_{3}}}}\,+3C{{l}_{2}}\xrightarrow{{}} $ $ \underset{\text{Trichloroacetone}}{\mathop{CC{{l}_{3}}COC{{H}_{3}}+3HCl}}\,\, $ (iii)

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