Question

Heating chloroform with aqueous sodium hydroxide solution forms:

• A. sodium acetate
• B. sodium oxalate
• C. sodium formate
• D. chloral

Answer 1

The correct option is C sodium formate

Heating chloroform with aqueous sodium hydroxide solution forms sodium formate.
$CHC{l}_3\underset{-3NaCl}{\overset{3NaOH\left(aq\right)}{\to }}\underset{unstable}{CH(OH{)}_3}\stackrel{-H_{2}O}{\to }HCOOH\underset{-H_{2}O}{\overset{NaOH}{\to }}\underset{\text{sodium formate}}{HCOONa}$