Chemistry · Uses, environmental effects of chloroform, iodoform, freons and DDT
Assertion A small amount of alchohol is added to chloroform bottles Reason Alcoh
Assertion A small amount of alchohol is added to chloroform bottles Reason Alcohol acts as inhibitor for oxidation of choloroform.Also it reacts with \( C O C l_{2} \) to give harmless diethyl carbonate
- A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion
- B. Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion
- C. Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect
- D. Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect
Step-by-step solution
Alcohol (ethanol) is added to chloroform as a stabilizer. It inhibits the oxidation of chloroform to phosgene and also reacts with any phosgene formed to produce harmless diethyl carbonate, thus preventing toxicity.
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