so i was thinking of making some chloral hydrate but i would prefer to avoid fucking with chlorine gas then i had this idea basically use the same same method as for chobutanol but replacing the acetone with formaldehyde then either just use the tricholroethanol as is or oxidize it with probably dichromate and sulphuric acid to chloral. dose anyone know a reason why the reaction used to make chloral hydrate would not work with an aldehyde as well as it whould work with a ketone?
