Question

Chlorine reacts with ethanol to give:

• A. ethyl chloride
• B. chloroform
• C. acetaldehyde
• D. chloral

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Chlorine oxidise ethanol and form chloral. $C_2{H}_{5}OH\underset{-2HCl}{\overset{C{l}_2}{\to }}C{H}_{3}CHO\underset{-3HCl}{\overset{3C{l}_2}{\to }}\underset{\text{Chloral}}{CC{l}_3\cdot CHO}$