Why phosphorous acid acts as reducing agent?
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Reductions of metal ions. Both phosphorous acid and its deprotonated forms are good reducing agents, although not necessarily quick to react. They are oxidized to phosphoric acid or its salts. It reduces solutions of noble metal cations to the metals.
Chemical formula: H3PO3
Density: 1.651 g/cm3 (21 °C)
Magnetic susceptibility (χ): −42.5·10−6 cm3/mol
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