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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · General Organic Chemistry

Chloroform is the presence of light slowly oxidised by air to form

  1. B \(\mathrm{HC}(\mathrm{OH})_3\)
  2. D \(\mathrm{CH}_3-\mathrm{OH}\)
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(A)

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Chloroform \(\left(\mathrm{CHCl}_3\right)\) in the presence of light gets slowly oxidised by air to form phosgene gas \(\left(\mathrm{COCl}_2\right)\). The reaction involve is as follows