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CUET · CHEMISTRY · PYQ PAPER 2023

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There are some deposits of nitrates and phosphates in the earth’s crust. Nitrates are more soluble in water. Nitrates are difficult to reduce under laboratory conditions, but microbes do it easily. Ammonia forms a large number of complexes with transition metals. Hybridisation easily explains the ease of sigma donation capability of NH₃ and PH₃. Phosphine is an inflammable gas, prepared from white phosphorus.
\(P H _3\) is a better reducing agent than \(NH _3\) because :

  1. A \(PH _3\) can give its lone pair of electrons easily
  2. B Bond dissociation enthalpy of P-H is low
  3. C Bond dissociation enthalpy of P-H is high
  4. D PH₃ is tetrahedral in shape
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(B) Bond dissociation enthalpy of P-H is low

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The reducing character of hydrides of Group 15 elements increases down the group from \\(NH _3\\) to \\(BiH _3\\). This is due to the decrease in the bond dissociation enthalpy of the E-H bond down the group. Weaker P-H bonds in \\(PH _3\\) compared to N-H bonds in \\(NH _3\\)…
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