Heating chloroform with aqueous sodium hydroxide solution forms

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Heating chloroform with aqueous sodium hydroxide solution forms (A) sodium ace.ate (B) sodium oxalate (C) sodium iormate (D) chloral

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On heating chloroform with concentrated aqueous or alcoholic NaOH, we get sodium formate, <img class="img-fluid question-image" alt="image" src="https://cdn.tardigrade.in/img/question/chemistry/aafd6d3a8e301d397cf9a070a1843d3c-.png" />

Q. Heating chloroform with aqueous sodium hydroxide solution forms

sodium ace.ate

sodium oxalate

sodium iormate

chloral

On heating chloroform with concentrated aqueous or alcoholic $N a O H$ , we get sodium formate,