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Offline thedy

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chloroform
« on: May 25, 2012, 01:29:59 PM »
Why is not chlorofom a base?Cl could make a bond with hydrogen through free electron pair,or not?
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Re: chloroform
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2012, 02:13:36 PM »
Ask yourself this : what about the hydrogen that can be abstracted from the molecule? That actually makes the proton acidic.
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