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Question
What happens when carbon tetrachloride is treated with moist iron filings?
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Solution
When carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) is treated with moist iron filings, it undergoes a reduction reaction, resulting in the formation of chloroform (CHCl3).
\[\ce{CCl4 + 2H ->[Fe/H2O][]CHCl3 + HCl}\]
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