Highly selective Backlog Qs for JEE MainChemistryRedox Reactions
In the following reaction, 4 P + 3 K O H + 3 H 2 O   → 3 K H 2 P O 2 + P H 3
Options
- AP is only oxidized
- BP is only reduced
- CP is both oxidized as well as reduced
- DNone of the above
Correct answer
C. P is both oxidized as well as reduced
Step-by-step solution
4 P 0 + 3 KOH + 3 H 2 O   → 3 KH 2 P + 1 O 2 + P - 3 H 3 It is a disproportionation reaction. Here P atom changes oxidation number zero to +1 and zero to -3. Hence, P is both oxidized as well as reduced