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What does disproportionation reaction mean?

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Aug 10, 2016

A reaction in which species undergo simultaneous oxidation and reduction.

Explanation:

Here is an example of a disproportionation reaction:

$3 B r F \to B r F_{3} + B r_{2}$ $3BrF → BrF_3 + Br_2$

Univalent bromine (in the interhalogen $B r F$ $BrF$ ) is reduced to elemental bromine, and oxidized to $B r^{I I I +}$ $Br^(III+)$ .

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