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The starting point for manufacture of the anesthetic chloroform is:

A

acetone

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formic acid

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C

chlorine

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carbon tetrachloride

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Solution

The correct option is C chlorine
In industry, chloroform is produced by heating a mixture of chlorine and either chloromethane or methane, the chlorine functions as the starting point in the reaction.

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