With the help of a chemical equation show how will you convert 2-propanol to 1-bromo-propane.
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.
Give one reason why the organic halogen compounds used as solvents in industry are chlorides rather than bromides.