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Ionisable hydrogens (basicity) of phosphorus oxoacids formed from phosphorus halides

This type of question, asked 5 times: 2021 Paper 6, 2021 Paper 9, 2021 Paper 19, 25 Jun 2022, 26 Jul 2022. All 5 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    2021 Paper 6

    49
    The exact volumes of 1MNaOH1MNaOH solution required to neutralise 50 mL50\text{ }mL of 1MH3PO31MH_{3}PO_{3} solution and 100 mL100\text{ }mL of 2MH3PO22MH_{3}PO_{2} solution, respectively, are:

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  2. Question 2

    2021 Paper 9

    48
    The number of ionisable hydrogens present in the product obtained from a reaction of phosphorus trichloride and phosphonic acid is:

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  3. Question 3

    2021 Paper 19

    34
    The number of non-ionisable hydrogen atoms present in the final product obtained from the hydrolysis of PCl5PCl_{5} is:

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  4. Question 4

    25 Jun 2022

    146
    Consider the following reactions:
    PCl3+H2O⟶A+HClPCl_{3}+H_{2}O \longrightarrow A + HCl
    A+H2O⟶B+HClA +H_{2}O \longrightarrow B + HCl
    number of ionisable protons present in the product B
  5. Question 5

    26 Jul 2022

    146
    The number of non-ionisable protons present in the product BB obtained from the following reaction is
     . C2H5OH+PCl3→C2H5Cl+A\text{~.~}C_{2}H_{5}OH +PCl_{3}\rightarrow C_{2}H_{5}Cl + A
    A+PCl3→BA +PCl_{3}\rightarrow B