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Prolonged exposure of chloroform in humans may cause damage to liver. It is due to the formation of the following compound.

  1. A \(\mathrm{CCl}_{4}\)
  2. B \(\mathrm{COCl}_{2}\)
  3. C \(\mathrm{CH}_{2} \mathrm{Cl}_{2}\)
  4. D \(\mathrm{Cl}_{2}\)
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(B) \(\mathrm{COCl}_{2}\)

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The prolonged exposure of chloroform in humans may cause damage to liver. It is because of the formation of phosgene \(\mathrm{COCl}_{2}\).
\(2 \mathrm{CHCl}_{3}+\mathrm{O}_{2} \stackrel{\text { Sunlight }}{\longrightarrow} 2 \mathrm{COCl}_{2}+2 \mathrm{HCl}\)