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What does chloroform give when exposed to air and sunlight?


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Chloroform:

  • It is a colorless liquid that evaporates easily into gas.
  • It is an inorganic compound having molecular formula as CHCl3.

Reaction of Chloroform with air and sunlight:

  • When Chloroform CHCl3 reacts with air and sunlight, it produces a toxic gas known as Phosgene gas COCl2 along with Hydrochloric acid HCl.
  • The chemical reaction can be depicted as:

2CHCl3(l)+O2(g)sunlight2COCl2(g)+2HCl(aq)(Chloroform)(Oxygen)(Phosgene)(Hydrochloricacid)


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