JEE Main Chemistry question

The chemical formula of 'tear gas' (chloropicrin) is

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)Correct

Answer: (D)

Solution

The common war-gas/tear-gas chloropicrin is trichloronitromethane, formed from chloroform and nitric acid (CHCl_3 + HNO_3 \rightarrow CCl_3NO_2 + H_2O), and has the molecular

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