Question

What is the overall equation for the reaction which occurs when chlorine is bubbled into aqueous sulphur dioxide?

Answer 1

Would we not get `"sulfuryl chloride"`, `SO_2Cl_2`?

Explanation:

And so we get a `S(VI+)` compound, whose formation typically requires catalysis, i.e.

`SO_2(g) + Cl_2(g) stackrel("activated carbon")rarrSO_2Cl_2(l)`

Is this a redox reaction? Why or why not?