Chloroform is kept with a little ethyl alcohol in a dark coloured bott

1.	Chloroform is kept with a little ethyl alcohol in a dark coloured bottle why?
Answer» SOLUTION :Chloroform undergoes oxidation in the presence of LIGHT and AIR to form phosgene (carbonyl chloride). `UNDERSET("Chloroform")(CHCl_(3))+(1)/(2) O_(2) underset("light")overset("air")to underset("Phosgene")(COCl_(2))+HCl` Since phosgene is very poisonous, its presence makes chloroform unfit for use as anaesthetic.

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