What product would be obtained by boiling chloroform with caustic soda?
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It could give dichlorocarbene..., :CCl2
Explanation:
And this is usually prepared in situ, by treating chloroform with a strong base under phase transfer conditions...
HCCl3+NaOH→:CCl2+NaCl+H2O
:CCl2, with sextet carbon, is a powerful electrophile, commonly inserts into an olefin bond to give a three-membered ring.
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