Question

When chloroform is treated with chlorine in the presence of sunlight, it yields

• A. urotropine
• B. pyrene
• C. chloropicrin
• D. chloritone

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

$CHC{l}_3+C{l}_2\stackrel{hv}{\to }\underset{\text{Carbon tetra chloride or pyrene}}{CC{l}_4}+HCl$