The addition of 1% alcohol to chloroform acts as a:

positive catalyst

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negative catalyst

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autocatalyst

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none of these

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Solution

The correct option is B negative catalyst
Addition of 1% alcohol to chloroform acts as negative catalyst because it decreases the rate of decomposition of CHCl $_{3}$ .

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