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Question
Write the equation for the following:
Oxidation of chloroform by air and light.
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Solution
In the presence of light, chloroform is slowly oxidised by air to carbonyl chloride, also known as phosgene.
\[\ce{\underset{Chloroform}{CHCl3} + 1/2O2 ->[Light] \underset{Phosgene}{COCl2} + HCl}\]
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