Can pcl5 act as An oxidizing as well as reducing agent? Justify
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Can PCl5 act as oxidising as well as reducing agent.Justify. Answer: PCl5 cannot act as reducing agent because it cannot increase its oxidation state beyond +5 and it can easily act as oxididsing agent because it can decrease its oxidation state from +5 to +3.
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In PCl5, P has +5 oxidation state.
Phosphorous can show maximum oxidation state of +5. It cannot increase its oxidation state beyond +5. Hence, PCl5 is not a reducing agent. PCl5 is an oxidizing agent as P can decrease oxidation state from +5 to +3. Thus, PCl5 oxidizes Ag to AgCl.
It also oxidizes Sn to SnCl4.
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