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When a mixture of carbon monoxide and chlorine is exposed to sunlight the product formed is:

A
carbon tetrachloride
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phosgene
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phosphine
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carbon chloride
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Solution

The correct option is B phosgene
Industrially phosgene is produced by passing CO and chlorine gas through a bed of porous activated carbon as catalyst. Naturally phosgene is produced in the presence of ultraviolet rays and oxygen chloroform converts to phosgene by radical reaction.

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