CHCl3 is stored in brown-coloured stoppered bottles filled up to the neck to prevent it from getting:
A
Oxidized
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B
Reduced
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C
Hydrolysed
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D
Decomposed
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Solution
The correct option is A Oxidized n presence of sunlight chloroform get oxidized and phosgene forms so chloroform is kept in brown bottles to stop this reaction.