Redox and Equivalent ConceptHard

Question

Acetic acid on chlorination yields trichloroacetic acid. Its equivalent weight will be

Options

A.60
B.40
C.20
D.10

Solution

$CH_{3}COOH + 3Cl^{-} \rightarrow CCl_{3}COOH + 3H^{+} + 6e^{-}$

$\therefore CH_{3}COOH = \frac{60}{6} = 10$

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