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Chloroform on reduction with zinc dust and water gives
ChemistryHaloalkanes and HaloarenesMHT CETMHT CET 2009
Options:
  • A methyl chloride
  • B dichloro methane
  • C chloro methane
  • D methane
Solution:
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The correct answer is: methane
$\underset{\text { chloroform }}{\mathrm{CHCl}_{3}} \frac{6[\mathrm{H}] ; \mathrm{Zn} / \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}}{\underset{-\mathrm{ZnCl}_{2}}{\mathrm{HCl}}}{\longrightarrow} \underset{\text { methane }}{\mathrm{CH}_{4}}$
Chloroform on reduction with Zn and HCl gives dichloro methane $\left(\mathrm{CH}_{2} \mathrm{Cl}_{2}\right)$.

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