Question 44

Hot and conc. NaOH is treated with chlorine gas. The gas undergoes disproportionation. The balanced equation for this reaction is ____________


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Solution

PLACEHOLDER ANSWER - the answer is an equation. With hot, concentrated alkali, chlorine is both reduced to chloride and oxidised to chlorate, $$3\text{Cl}_2 + 6\text{NaOH} \rightarrow 5\text{NaCl} + \text{NaClO}_3 + 3\text{H}_2\text{O}$$.

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