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Question
How would you convert carbon tetrachloride to chloroform?
Short Answer
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Solution
To convert carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) to chloroform ((CHCl3), you must perform a partial reduction of carbon tetrachloride. In this reaction, one of the chlorine atoms is replaced by a hydrogen atom.
\[\ce{\underset{tetrachloride}{\underset{carbon}{CCl4}} + 2[H] ->[Fe/HCl][]\underset{chloroform}{CHCl3} + HCl}\]
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