Photochemical molecular storage of Cl2, HCl, and COCl2: synthesis of organochlorine compounds, salts, ureas, and polycarbonate with photodecomposed chloroform.

Chloroform is available as not only an organic solvent but also photochemical molecular storage for synthetically important chemicals such as Cl(2), HCl, and COCl(2). We have succeeded in synthesizing organochlorine compounds, hydrochloric salt of amines, ureas, organic carbonates, and polycarbonate in practical high yields with photodecomposed chloroform.