Heating chloroform with aqueous sodium hydroxide solution forms:

sodium acetate

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sodium oxalate

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sodium formate

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chloral

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Solution

The correct option is C sodium formate
Heating chloroform with aqueous sodium hydroxide solution forms sodium formate.
$C H C l_{3} 3 N a O H (a q) - ------ \to - 3 N a C l C H (O H)_{3} u n s t a b l e - H_{2} O - --- \to H C O O H N a O H - --- \to - H_{2} O H C O O N a sodium formate$

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