Q. The chemical formula of ‘tear gas’ is
A) $COCl_{2}$
B) $CO_{2}$
C) $Cl_{2}$
D) $CCl_{3}NO_{2}$
Explanation
(d)
Tear gas is chloropicrin. It is obtained by the reaction of chloroform with nitric acid.
$CHCl_{3}\ + \ HNO_{3}\ \rightarrow \ CCl_{3}NO_{2}\ + \ H_{2}O\$
chloropicric
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