Chloroform in air is oxidised to:

Question

Chloroform in air is oxidised to: (A) CCl4 (B) dichloromethane (C) phosgene (D) oxygen

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Chloroform when exposed to air and sunlight, oxidised to phosgene, a highly poisonous substance. CHCl3+O2 xrightarrow[ textair] textsunlight underset textphosgeneCOCl2 +HCl

Q. Chloroform in air is oxidised to:

$CC l_{4}$

dichloromethane

phosgene

oxygen

Chloroform when exposed to air and sunlight, oxidised to phosgene, a highly poisonous substance.
$C H C l_{3} + O_{2} sunlight air phosgene COC l_{2} + H Cl$