NEET Solved Paper 2018 Question 36

Question: Consider the change in oxidation state of Bromine corresponding to different emf values as shown in the diagram below: [NEET - 2018]

Then the species undergoing disproportionation is

Options:

A) $ B{r_2} $

B) $ BrO_4^{-} $

C) $ BrO_3^{-} $

D) $ HBrO $

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Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

$ \overset{+1}{\mathop{HBrO}},\xrightarrow{{}}\overset{0}{\mathop{B{r_2}}}, $

$ E _{HBrO/Br _2}^{O}=1.595V $ $ \overset{+1}{\mathop{HBrO}},\xrightarrow{{}}\overset{+5}{\mathop{BrO_3^{-}}},$

$ E _{BrO_3^{-}/HBrO}^{O}=1.5V $ $ E_cell^{o} $ for the disproportionation of $ HBrO $ , $ E_cell^{o}\text{-E} _{\text{HBrO/B}{r_2}}^{o}\text{-E} _{BrO_3^{-}\text{/HBrO}}^{o} $ $ \text{=1}\text{.595-1}\text{.5} $ $ \text{=0}\text{.095V=+ve} $

Hence, option is correct Sol..