Question

When acetone reacts with bleaching powder, the compound formed is:

• A. $C{{H}_{3}}COOH$
• B. $C{{H}_{3}}CHO$
• C. $CHC{{l}_{3}}$
• D. $CC{{l}_{4}}$

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

$CHC{{l}_{3}}$

Answer 2

Acetone reacts with bleaching powder to form chloroform. The reaction is in three steps as follows: (i) $\underset{\begin{smallmatrix} Bleaching \\\ \,\,powder \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{CaOC{{l}_{2}}}}\,+{{H}_{2}}O\xrightarrow{{}}Ca{{(OH)}_{2}}+C{{l}_{2}}$ (ii) $\underset{Acetone}{\mathop{C{{H}_{3}}COC{{H}_{3}}}}\,+3C{{l}_{2}}\xrightarrow{{}}$ $\underset{\text{Trichloroacetone}}{\mathop{CC{{l}_{3}}COC{{H}_{3}}+3HCl}}\,\,$ (iii)