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What product would be obtained by boiling chloroform with caustic soda?

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Answered by saswati62
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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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