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Why a small amount of ethyl alcohol is usually added to chloroform bottlkes ?

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Alcohol retards the oxidation of chloroform to phosgene and it coverts phosgene (any formed) to harmless ethyl carbonate.
`underset("Ethyl Alcohol")(2C_2H_5OH + COCl_2) to underset("Ethyl Carbonate")((C_2H_5)_2 CO_3 + 2HCl)`
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