Chlorine reacts with hot and concentrated NaOH and produces compounds (X) and (Y). Compound (X) gives white precipitate with silver nitrate solution. The average bond order between Cl and O atoms in (Y) is t; find 3t.
A
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B
5
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C
5.00
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Solution
3Cl2+6NaOHConc.⟶5NaCl+NaClO3+3H2O Ag+ forms precipitate with Cl– i.e. AgCl. AgClO3 is soluble. ∴ X is NaCl
Y is NaClO3
Now, structure of ClO−3 is