Chloropicrin is prepared by heating chloroform with concentrated nitric acid. CHCl3+HONO2→CNO2−Cl3+H2O chloropicrin Related Theory Chloropicrin (Trichlara(nitro)methane) is also prepared by the reaction of nitromethane with sodium hypochlorite.
Chloropicrin is obtained by the reaction
NEET UG 2004 — Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry
Chloropicrin is obtained by the reaction
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- A
steam on carbon tetrachloride
- B
nitric acid on chlorobenzene
- C
chlorine on picric acid
- D
nitric acid on chloroform
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