Why is chlorine and water a disproportionation reaction?
1 Answer
Jun 25, 2018
I think you refer to the disproportionation of elemental chlorine to chloride anion, and hypochlorous acid....
Explanation:
And we can go thru the rigmarole of redox transtions…
And we adds
The given equation is balanced with respect to mass and charge, as indeed it MUST be if we purport to represent chemical reality...