MHT CET 2022 Chemistry question

What is action of chlorine on excess ammonia?

(A)Formation of nitrogen trichloride
(B)Formation of nitric oxide and hydrochloric acid
(C)Formation of ammonium chloride and dinitrogenCorrect
(D)Formation of dinitrogen and hydrochloride acid

Answer: (C)

Solution

With excess ammonia, chlorine oxidises NH to dinitrogen, and the HCl produced is immediately neutralised by the excess NH: 8NH_3 + 3Cl_2 \rightarrow 6NH_4Cl + N_2. So the products are ammonium chloride and dinitrogen. Nitrogen trichloride (A) forms only when

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