Chloroform when treated with concentrated nitric acid yields:

chloropicrin

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chloroprene

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nitro picrin

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Solution

The correct option is A chloropicrin
Chloroform when treated with concentrated nitric acid forms chloropicrin.

Reaction is:
$C H C l_{3} + H N O_{3} \to C C l_{3} N O_{2} c h l o r o p i c r i n + H_{2} O$

Option A is correct.

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