Should people be allowed to know how to make chloroform at home?
Chloroform, also known as trichloromethane (TCM) and methyl trichloride, is a chemical compound with formula CHCl3. It does not undergo combustion in air, although it will burn when mixed with more flammable substances. It is a member of a group of compounds known as trihalomethanes. Chloroform has myriad uses as a reagent and a solvent. It is also considered an environmental hazard. History Chloroform was discovered in July, 1831 by the American physician Samuel Guthrie ,[1] and independently a few months later by the French chemist Eugène Soubeiran[2] and Justus von Liebig[3] in Germany, all of them using variations of the haloform reaction. Soubeiran produced chloroform through the action of chlorine bleach powder (calcium hypochlorite) on acetone (2-propanone) as well as ethanol. Chloroform was named and chemically characterised in 1834 by Jean-Baptiste Dumas.[4] In 1847, the Edinburgh obstetrician James Young Simpson first used chloroform for general anesthesia during childbirth.
Chloroform, also known as trichloromethane (TCM) and methyl trichloride, is a chemical compound with formula CHCl3. It does not undergo combustion in air, although it will burn when mixed with more flammable substances. It is a member of a group of compounds known as trihalomethanes. Chloroform has myriad uses as a reagent and a solvent. It is also considered an environmental hazard. History Chloroform was discovered in July, 1831 by the American physician Samuel Guthrie ,[1] and independently a few months later by the French chemist Eugène Soubeiran[2] and Justus von Liebig[3] in Germany, all of them using variations of the haloform reaction. Soubeiran produced chloroform through the action of chlorine bleach powder (calcium hypochlorite) on acetone (2-propanone) as well as ethanol. Chloroform was named and chemically characterised in 1834 by Jean-Baptiste Dumas.[4] In 1847, the Edinburgh obstetrician James Young Simpson first used chloroform for general anesthesia during childbirth.
