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Q. Chloroform, on exposing to air and sunlight produce:

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Chloroform on exposure to sunlight and air. reacts with oxygen present in air and is slowly oxidised to carbonyl chloride (or phosgene), a poisonous substance.
$2 CHCl _{3}+ O _{2} \xrightarrow [\text { sunlight }] {\text{air}}\underset{\text { Phosgene }}{2 COCl _{2}}+2 HCl$