why CH3Cl is kept in dark bottles? explain with reaction
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Chloroform in the presence of air gets oxidized to phosgene. Phosgene is carbon chloride. To prevent the formation of phosgene, chloroform is stored in dark colored bottles.
This is represented as CHCl3 + 1/2 O2---->COCl2 + HCl.
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zander07:
yep right
This is not chloroform but CH3CL
wrong,Formula of Chloroform is CHCl3
CH3Cl is chloromethane
in your question there is CH3Cl
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because it decomposes in the presence of light
2CH3Cl + light ------> 2CH2Cl + H2
2CH3Cl + light ------> 2CH2Cl + H2
COCl2 is formed ...
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