If chloroform is left open in air in the presence of sun rays, which of the following changes takes place?

Explosion takes place.

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Poisonous gas phosgene is formed.

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Polymerization takes place.

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No reaction takes place.

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Solution

The correct option is B Poisonous gas phosgene is formed.
In the presence of sunlight, chloroform gets oxidized and form phosgene.

The reaction of the process is:

$C H C l_{3} + \frac{1}{2} O_{2} \to C O C l_{2} + H C l$

Hence, option B is correct.

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