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MHT CET · Chemistry · Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

Chloroform on reduction with zinc dust and water gives

  1. A methyl chloride
  2. B dichloro methane
  3. C chloro methane
  4. D methane
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(D) methane

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\(\underset{\text { chloroform }}{\mathrm{CHCl}_{3}} \frac{6[\mathrm{H}] ; \mathrm{Zn} / \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}}{\underset{-\mathrm{ZnCl}_{2}}{\mathrm{HCl}}}{\longrightarrow} \underset{\text { methane }}{\mathrm{CH}_{4}}\)
Chloroform on reduction with Zn and HCl gives dichloro methane \(\left(\mathrm{CH}_{2} \mathrm{Cl}_{2}\right)\).