Question

Chlorine reacts with ethanol to give.

• A. Ethyl chloride
• B. Chloroform
• C. Acetaldehyde
• D. Chloral

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Chloral

Answer 2

$CH_{3}CH_{2}OH + Cl_{2} \rightarrow CH_{3}CHO + 2HCl$

$CH_{3}CHO + 3Cl_{2} \rightarrow \underset{\text{Chloral}}{CCl_{3}CHO} + 3HCl$