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Grade 9Physical Chemistry

What is meant by ‘disproportionation’ of an oxidation state?

Profile image of rishav kumar
12 Years agoGrade 9
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Profile image of Sumit Majumdar
12 Years ago
Dear student,
Disproportionation reaction are redox reactions in which same element oxidixes and reduces. it is also known as self oxidation reduction reaction.
Example:
P4 + NAOH = PH3 + NAH2PO2
Here p4 is reduced(oxidation number decreases) in PH3 from 0 to -3 and also oxidized(oxidation number increases) in NAH2PO2 from 0 to +1.
Regards
Sumit