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