A small amount of ethyl alcohol is added to brine solution in the Nelson’s Cell is closed and electrolyzed. The final organic product formed is.

$C H_{3} C H O$

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$C C l_{3} C H O$

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$C H C l_{3}$

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$C C l_{3} C O O H$

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Solution

The correct option is C
$C H C l_{3}$

Chlorine at anode oxidises ethanol to chloral $C_{2} H_{5} O H + 4 C l_{2} \to C C l_{3} C H O + 5 H C l,$
Chloral on base hydrolysis with caustic soda finally gives chloroform
$C C l_{3} C H O + N a O H \to H C O O N a + C H C l_{3}$

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