On warming with silver powder, chloroform is converted into:

acetylene

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hexachloroethane

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1, 1, 2, 2-tetrachloroethane

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Solution

The correct option is D acetylene
For making acetylene (Ethyne) from Chloroform $(C H C l_{3})$ . We have to Heat it with silver powder and the reaction is
$2 C H C l_{3} + 6 A g ⟶ C_{2} H_{2} + 6 A g C l$
$A g$ (silver powder ) behave as a reducing agent in this reaction. $A g$ itself oxidised from 0 oxidation state to +1 and reduce the carbon oxidation state from $+ 2$ to $- 1$ .

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