Discussion
Trichloroacetaldehyde was subject to Cannizzaro's reaction by using NaOH. The mixture of the products contains sodium trichloroacetate andanother compound. The other compound is :
Answer: B
The other product is 2,2,2-trichloroethanol.
Chloral, \(\mathrm{CCl_3CHO}\), has no \(\alpha\)-hydrogen, so it undergoes the Cannizzaro reaction: \[\mathrm{2\,CCl_3CHO + NaOH \rightarrow CCl_3COONa + CCl_3CH_2OH}\] One molecule is oxidised to the salt of the acid and the other reduced to the primary alcohol. Chloroform would come from the haloform reaction, which is a different process.
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