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Chloroform is stored in dark coloured bottles. Explain in not more than two sentences.

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SOLUTION :Chloroform in presence of air and sunlight OXIDISES slowly to form a highly poisonous COMPOUND , called phosegene or carbonyl choride.
`underset("chloroform")(2CHCHl_(3)) + underset("air")(O_(2)) overset(hv)to underset("PHOSGENE")(2 COCl_(2)) + 2HCl`
To avoid the oxidation of chloroform m it is kept in dark or yellow coloured bottles and FILLED upto brim.


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