Multiple choice

Which of the following compounds combine to prepare lachrymator (tear gas)?

  1. Acetophenone and chlorine

  2. Benzaldehydes and chlorine

  3. Benzaldehydes and acetophenone

  4. Acetophenone and acetophenone

  5. None of these
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Explanation

This option is wrong because the acetophenone are treated with chorine in absence of catalyst to form phenacyl chloride. These are harmless, powerful lachrymator or tear gas, which is used by police to disperse mob.

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