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Chloroform is stored in dark colured bottles. Explain in not more than two sentences. |
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Answer» SOLUTION :CHLOROFORM in the presence of ari and sunlight oxidises SLOWLY to FORM a highly poisounous compound called phosgene or carbonyl chloride. `UNDERSET("Chloroform")(2HCl_(3)) + underset(Air)(O_(2)) overset(hv)(rarr) underset("Phosgene")(2COCl_(2)) + 2HCl` To avoid the oxidation or chlorofom it is kept in dark or yellow coloured bottles and filled up to the brim. |
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