How will you prepare chloroform from ethanol ? Give reactions of chloroform with
nitric acid

Explanation

Chloroform is obtained from ethyl alcohol or ethanol by the action of bleaching powder. The reaction is called Haloform Reaction.
` CaOCl_2 + H_2 O to Ca (OH)_2 +Cl_2`
` underset("Ethanol")(CH_3 CH_2 OH) + Cl_2 to underset("Acetaldehyde")(CH_3CHO) +2HCl`
` underset("Acelaldehyde")(CH_3CHO) + 3Cl_2 to underset("Trichloroacetaldehyde")(C Cl_3 CHO ) + HCl`