Chloroform used as anaesthetic should be preserved In the dark in tightly stoppered bottles because otherwise
it becomes coloured
it gets evaporated in air
it gets oxidised to phosgene
it gets decomposed to chloropicrin
Correct Answer :
C. it gets oxidised to phosgene
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