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15) Acetone reacts with chloroform in presence of caustic soda (NaOH) to give (A) Acetyl chloride (B) Ethyl chloride (C) Chloretone (D) Chloral Gimme the ans with the apt explaination...hurry aieee-2011 approaching hurry...plz......

Geoffrey Richards , 14 Years ago
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Chloroform combines with acetone in the presence of potassium hydroxide to give chloretone, which is used as a sleep producing (hypnotic) drug.

the reaction is represented as follows..

 

1783_14134_chloretone-hynotic-drug-formation.gif

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Last Activity: 14 Years ago
Gurwinder Kaur

(C) chloretone  

   (CH3)2-C-CCl3(OH)

  ...is the true answer....

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Last Activity: 14 Years ago
ANUSKA
CHLORETONE
 
Last Activity: 11 Years ago
Dev Kumar
Chloroetone (sleep including drug) is formed on reacting acetone with chloro form in presence of KOH.
O of acetone has lone pair so carbon of chloroform will attack at C of C=O, π bond breaks, negative charge on O, H will attack at O and form OH and CCl3  will attack C to form chloroetone
Last Activity: 6 Years ago
Kushagra Madhukar
Dear student,
Please find the attached answer to your question below.
Chloroform combines with acetone in the presence of potassium hydroxide to give chloretone, which is used as a sleep
producing (hypnotic) drug.
The reaction is represented as follows..
1783_14134_chloretone-hynotic-drug-formation.gif
 
Thanks and regards,
Kushagra
 
Last Activity: 5 Years ago
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