How is chloroform obtained from acetone? Discuss the machanism of the reaction?
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How is chloroform obtained from acetone?
A mixture of acetone, bleaching powder and water, when heated produces chloroform. The reaction occurs in 3 steps. Step-2: Then the chlorine reacts with the acetone and by its chlorination 1, 1, 1-tri-chloroacetone is formed. Step-3: The produced trichloro acetone reacts with lime forming chloroform.
Discuss the machanism of the reaction?
The reaction mechanism describes the sequence of elementary reactions that must occur to go from reactants to products. Reaction intermediates are formed in one step and then consumed in a later step of the reaction mechanism. The slowest step in the mechanism is called the rate determining or rate-limiting step.
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