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JEE Advanced 2018 Paper 2 · Chemistry · s-Block, p-Block Elements and Hydrogen · easy

Regarding the chemistry of nitrogen, phosphorus and boron compounds, the correct statement(s) is/are

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Regarding the chemistry of nitrogen, phosphorus and boron compounds, the correct statement(s) is/are
  1. A. Magnesium nitride is hydrolysed by water to give ammonia and magnesium hydroxide
  2. B. Boric acid, B(OH)3\mathrm{B(OH)_3}, is a tribasic Brønsted acid because it has three O−H\mathrm{O{-}H} groups
  3. C. Solid PCl5\mathrm{PCl_5} consists of tetrahedral PCl4+\mathrm{PCl_4^{+}} and octahedral PCl6−\mathrm{PCl_6^{-}} ions
  4. D. Phosphorous acid, H3PO3\mathrm{H_3PO_3}, is dibasic and on heating disproportionates into H3PO4\mathrm{H_3PO_4} and PH3\mathrm{PH_3}
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Answer: A, C, D

(A) Mg3N2+6H2O→3Mg(OH)2+2NH3\mathrm{Mg_3N_2+6H_2O\rightarrow3Mg(OH)_2+2NH_3}: the nitride ion is a strong base and is protonated by water, so the statement is correct. (B) Boric acid is a weak monobasic Lewis acid: it accepts OH−\mathrm{OH^-} from water to form [B(OH)4]−\mathrm{[B(OH)_4]^-} and releases only one proton; the three O−H\mathrm{O{-}H} bonds are not ionised, so (B) is wrong. (C) In the solid state PCl5\mathrm{PCl_5} is ionic, [PCl4]+[PCl6]−\mathrm{[PCl_4]^+[PCl_6]^-}, with sp3sp^3 phosphorus in the cation (tetrahedral) and sp3d2sp^3d^2 phosphorus in the anion (octahedral): correct. (D) H3PO3\mathrm{H_3PO_3} has the structure HPO(OH)2\mathrm{HPO(OH)_2}, with one P{-}H bond that is not acidic, so it is dibasic; on heating, 4H3PO3→3H3PO4+PH34\mathrm{H_3PO_3}\rightarrow3\mathrm{H_3PO_4}+\mathrm{PH_3}, a disproportionation of P(+3) to P(+5) and P(−3-3): correct. Answer: A, C, D.
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