Chloroform on reaction with sodium hydroxide gives?

1 Answer
Mar 13, 2018

It could give #"dichlorocarbene..."#, #:"CCl"_2#

Explanation:

And this is usually prepared in situ, by treating chloroform with a strong base under phase transfer conditions...

#"HCC"l_3 + "NaOH" rarr ":CCl"_2 + "NaCl" + "H"_2"O"#

#":CCl"_2#, with sextet carbon, is a powerful electrophile, commonly inserts into an olefin bond to give a three-membered ring.