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Chloroform is stored in dark coloured bottles. Explain in not more than two sentences.

A

it reacts with clear glass

B

it undergoes chlorination in tranparent glass bottles

C

it is oxidised to poisonous gas, phosgene in sunlight

D

it starts burning when exposed to sunlight.

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The correct Answer is:
C
Chloroform gets oxidised by air in sunlight to poisonous phosgene gas.
`2CHCl_3+O_2overset(hv)to underset("Phosgene")(2COCl_2)+2HCl`
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