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Why is chloroform stored in dark coloured bottles ?

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Chloroform is stored in dark coloured bottles because chloroform get oxidised to poisonous phosgene in the presence of air or light.
` CHCl_3 +1/2 O_2 to underset("Phosgene ")(CoCl_2 +HCl)`
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