P-BLOCK Basic Questions

1.What exactly is meant by BACK BONDING ?

2.What is Perhydrol ?

3.PBr4 and PI4 doesnot exist according to my theory book and reason given is that Pb4+ is a strong oxidant and Br- and I- are strong reductants [ and so Pb4+ cant exist for long ] ..which is TRUE..but then what about PF4 and PCl4 ???

4.What is a MORDANT ?

5.Does Nitrogen have the maximum/minimum catenation ability in Gp-15..why / why nt ?

6.Explain the following trend in THERMAL STABILITY AND ACIDIC CHARACTER :

HCl03 > HBr03 > HI03 ?

13 Answers

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1.618 ·

Perhydrol is toh hydrogen peroxide.

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1.618 ·

H2O2 is sold under the commercial name perhydrol.

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The Enlightened One - jsg ·

ya..i know its related to H2O2..but there is some relation based on molarity or something ? [ like volume strength ]

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1.618 ·

I think its strength is 10V...wait let me check.

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1.618 ·

Mordant, I think is a colouring material........yeah, it is a dye. A complex compound.

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Pritish Chakraborty ·

5. Nitrogen does catenate but to a lesser extent. We've discussed this one before js. An example of nitrogen catenation is N2. But the lack of d-orbitals gives phosphorus the top spot for catenation in group 15.

4. A mordant is something used to dye fabrics such that a complex is formed which attaches to the fabric. It is a metal ion(polyvalent). The complex so formed is colloidal in nature.

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1.618 ·

Yeah, it is 10V. It means 3% H2O2

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Manmay kumar Mohanty ·

10V H2O2 means 1 volume of H2O2 gives 10 Volumes of O2

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The Enlightened One - jsg ·

Thanks guys but 3 important QUESTIONS are left..pls try to reply to them also..

1. What exactly is meant by BACK BONDING ?

3. PBr4 and PI4 doesnot exist according to my theory book and reason given is that Pb4+ is a strong oxidant and Br- and I- are strong reductants [ and so Pb4+ cant exist for long ] ..which is TRUE..but then what about PF4 and PCl4 ???

6. Explain the following trend in THERMAL STABILITY AND ACIDIC CHARACTER :

HCl03 > HBr03 > HI03 ?

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1.618 ·

For back bonding one, this might be of some use

http://bama.ua.edu/~kshaughn/ch609/notes/1-structure-bonding.pdf

I found this one tuff!!

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Devil ·

1 reason for the 3rd qsn maybe is that Bromine and Iodine are larger in size compared to Fluorine and Chlorine.

So sterically PBr4 and PI4 are unstable.

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The Enlightened One - jsg ·

ya Soumik..but how can figure out the other two compounds of F an Cl as they have so much reducing power..?...[12]

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The Enlightened One - jsg ·

Thanks Ray..it really helped me..! [1]

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