Question

Chloroform on reduction with zinc dust and water gives

• A. Methyl chloride
• B. Dichloro methane
• C. Chloro methane
• D. Methane

Answer 1

The correct option is D Methane

$\underset{chloroform}{CHC{l}_3}\stackrel{6\left[H\right];Zn/H_{2}O}{\underset{\underset{-ZnC{l}_2}{-HCl}}{\to }}\underset{methane}{C{H}_4}$.
Chloroform on reduction with Zn and HCl gives dichloromethane $\left(C{H}_{2}C{l}_2\right)$.