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What happens when carbon tetrachloride is treated with steam at high temperatures? - Chemistry (Theory)

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What happens when carbon tetrachloride is treated with steam at high temperatures?

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When carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) is treated with steam (H2O) at high temperatures, it undergoes hydrolysis, forming phosgene (COCl2) and hydrogen chloride (HCl).

\[\ce{\underset{tetrachloride}{\underset{Carbon}{CCl4}} + H2O ->[High temp{.}][]\underset{Phosgene}{COCl2} + 2HCl}\]

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