Question

Chlorine reacts with ethanol to give:

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

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

chloral

Answer 2

Chlorine oxidise ethanol and form chloral. ${{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}OH\xrightarrow[-2HCl]{C{{l}_{2}}}C{{H}_{3}}CHO\xrightarrow[-3HCl]{3C{{l}_{2}}}\underset{\text{Chloral}}{\mathop{CC{{l}_{3}}\cdot CHO}}\,$