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disproportionationnoun
A form of redox reaction in which part of a reactant is oxidized and part of it is reduced simultaneously
disproportionationnoun
A reaction wherein a single reactant generates two chemical species which are different from each other and the initial reactant.
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Disproportionation
Disproportionation, is a specific type of redox reaction in which a species is simultaneously reduced and oxidized to form two different products. For example: the UV photolysis of mercury chloride Hg2Cl2 → Hg + HgCl2 is a disproportionation. Mercury is a diatomic dication Hg22+. In this reaction the chemical bond in the molecular ion is broken and one mercury atom is reduced to mercury and the other is oxidized to mercury. A similar type of reaction, but in which no element changes oxidation number, is the acid-base disproportionation reaction observed when an amphiprotic species reacts with itself. Two common examples for conjugated bases of polyprotic acids such as bicarbonate and dihydrogenophosphate are respectively:--2---2- . This is also called autoionization. The reverse of disproportionation, when a compound in an intermediate oxidation state is formed from compounds in lower and higher oxidation states, is called comproportionation.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of disproportionation in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of disproportionation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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