Question

Chloropicrin is obtained by the reaction of.

• A. Chlorine on picric acid
• B. Nitric acid on chloroform
• C. Steam on carbon tetrachloride
• D. Nitric acid on chlorobenzene

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Nitric acid on chloroform

Answer 2

When chloroform is treated with concentrated nitric acid, its hydrogen is replaced by nitro group.

$CHCl_{3} + HONO_{2} \rightarrow \underset{\text{chloropicrin}}{CNO_{2}Cl_{3}} + H_{2}O$