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Nitromethane ...

Question

Nitromethane reacts with sodium hypochlorite to give:

A

chloromethane

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B

nitrosylchloride

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C

nitroaniline

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D

chloropicrin

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Solution

The correct option is D chloropicrin
Nitromethane reacts with NaOCl as,

H₃CNO₂ + 3 NaOCl → Cl₃CNO₂ + 3 NaOH

The obtained product, Cl₃CNO₂ is also known as chloropicrin

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