Which set of reagents will produce Freon, CCl_2F_2?

JEE Main Chemistry question

Which set of reagents will produce Freon, ?

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

Answer: (C)

Solution

Freon-12 () is industrially prepared by the Swarts reaction: carbon tetrachloride is treated with HF in the presence of a catalyst such as (or ), which exchanges two of the chlorines for fluorines: $ + 2HF

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