What happens when ch3cl3 reacts with oxygen in presence of sunlight?
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Heba, you goofed. There is no such compound as CH3Cl3. Maybe you're asking about chloroform, CHCl3, (iupac name:trichloro methane). In that case, the molecule will react with ultraviolet light to form a substance called phosgene, COCl2, (iupac name carbonyl dichloride). the reaction is:
2CHCl3 + O2 -----> 2COCl2 + 2HCl
The stuff is extremely poisonous and was used in World War I as a poison gas.
If this was asked in your chem class, either the teacher goofed in writing what he or she was writing, or as I've said, Heba, you did. There is no such thing as CH3CL3......carbon would have to form six bonds, which is impossible.
2CHCl3 + O2 -----> 2COCl2 + 2HCl
The stuff is extremely poisonous and was used in World War I as a poison gas.
If this was asked in your chem class, either the teacher goofed in writing what he or she was writing, or as I've said, Heba, you did. There is no such thing as CH3CL3......carbon would have to form six bonds, which is impossible.
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