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Reduction of CHCl3 with Zn and HCl

hippo - 11-9-2016 at 12:10

I was reading something the other day which caught my eye.

http://www.transtutors.com/chemistry-homework-help/halogen-c...

The article above states that chloroform can be reduced using zinc and hydrochloric acid. If so, does anyone know the mechanism for the reaction?
Thanks,
Hippo