Question
Write note on trichloromethane (Chloroform)
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Answer
→ Chloroform is employed as a solvent for fats, alkaloids, iodine and other substances.
→ The major use of chloroform today is in the production of the freon refrigerant R-22.
→ It was once used as a general anaesthetic in surgery but has been replaced by less toxic, safer anaesthetics, such as ether.
→ As might be expected from its use as an anaesthetic, inhaling chloroform depresses the central nervous system.
→ Breathing about 900 parts of chloroform per million parts of air (900 parts per million) for a short time can cause dizziness, fatigue and headache.
→ Chronic chloroform exposure may cause damage to the liver (where chloroform is metabolised to phosgene) and to the kidneys, and some people develop sores when the skin is immersed in chloroform.
→ Chloroform is slowly oxidised by air in the presence of light to an extremely poisonous gas,carbonyl chloride, also known as phosgene.
→ It is therefore stored in closed dark coloured bottles completely filled so that air is kept out.
$2 CHCl _3+ O _2 \xrightarrow{\text { light }} \underset{\text { Phosgene }}{2 COCI _2}+2 HCI$
→ The major use of chloroform today is in the production of the freon refrigerant R-22.
→ It was once used as a general anaesthetic in surgery but has been replaced by less toxic, safer anaesthetics, such as ether.
→ As might be expected from its use as an anaesthetic, inhaling chloroform depresses the central nervous system.
→ Breathing about 900 parts of chloroform per million parts of air (900 parts per million) for a short time can cause dizziness, fatigue and headache.
→ Chronic chloroform exposure may cause damage to the liver (where chloroform is metabolised to phosgene) and to the kidneys, and some people develop sores when the skin is immersed in chloroform.
→ Chloroform is slowly oxidised by air in the presence of light to an extremely poisonous gas,carbonyl chloride, also known as phosgene.
→ It is therefore stored in closed dark coloured bottles completely filled so that air is kept out.
$2 CHCl _3+ O _2 \xrightarrow{\text { light }} \underset{\text { Phosgene }}{2 COCI _2}+2 HCI$
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