Chloropicrin is obtained by the reaction

Chloropicrin is obtained by the reaction
  1. steam on carbon tetrachloride
  2. nitric acid on chlorobenzene
  3. chlorine on picric acid
  4. nitric acid on chloroform

Solution

Chloropicrin is prepared by heating chloroform with concentrated nitric acid. $\mathrm{CHCl}_3+\mathrm{HONO}_2 \rightarrow \mathrm{CNO}_2^{-} \mathrm{Cl}_3+\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}$ chloropicrin Related Theory Chloropicrin (Trichloro(nitro)methane) is also prepared by the reaction of nitromethane with sodium hypochlorite.

Asked in: NEET 2004

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