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What happens when some ethyl alcohol is added in the Nelson's cell and the cell is closed ?

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The main products in the Nelson.s celt are chlorine and caustic soda. Ethyl alcohol is first oxidised with chlorine to acetaldehyde and then to chloral.
Chloral on base hydrolysis gives chloroform.
`C_2H_5OH + 4Cl_2 to C Cl_3 CHO + 5HCl`
`C Cl_3CHO + NaOH to HCOONa + CHCl_3`
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