How does chlorine gas give #Cl^(-)# and #ClO_3^(-)# upon basic hydrolysis?
1 Answer
Oct 18, 2016
This is a disproportionation reaction.
Chlorine is simultaneously reduced and oxidized.
Explanation:
Chlorine gas is OXIDIZED to hypochlorite
But we note that basic conditions were specified. How do we cope? We simply add
Here we have used the equation: