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phosgene. Given this mechanism, the yield of phosgene should
never exceed that of acetaldehyde; however, phosgene was found
Products (in lmol) from 30-min irradiation (k > 350 nm)
of 1 mL of 5% EtOH in CCl
4
with 41 mg of Amberlite IRA-
ꢀ
in excess when the concentration of CCl
4
was above 5%. Thus, there
9
00 (Cl form).
appears to be an additional reaction channel, which might involve
the hydrolysis of CCl .
4
Total acetaldehyde
Total phosgene
32.7
18.0
0.7
1.0
0.4
CHCl
Ethyl acetate
Cl
HCl
3
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