On exposure to sunlight, chloroform oxidises to:

phosgene

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chloropicrin

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salicylaldehyde

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chloral

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Solution

The correct option is A phosgene
On exposure to sunlight, chloroform oxidises to phosgene $C O C l_{2}$ .
Reaction is:
$C H C l_{3} + (1 / 2) O_{2} l i g h t a n d a i r - ------ \to C O C l_{2} + H C l$

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