Chemistry Of Hydrogen Peroxide
How Many Of The Following Statements Are True About Hydrogen Peroxide ?
It Is Used As A Bleaching Agent .
It Is More Acidic Than Water
It Is Obtained By Reaction Of Anhydrous Barium Peroxide And Water .
It Easily Decomposes in comparison To Water And Heavy Water
It Is A Pale Blue (Almost Colorless) Viscous Liquid
It Can Act As Both Oxidizing As Well As Reducing Agent In Both Acidic And Basic Medium .
It Has On Open Book Strucutre
In Hydrogen Peroxide The Two Hydroxyl Groups Lie In The Same Plane
Its Aqueous Solution Has A Bitter Taste .
.Its Dihedral Angle In Gas Phase Is Greater Than Its Dihedral Angle In Crystal Phase
It Can Be Prepared By Auto Reduction Of 2-Ethylanthraquinol
The answer is 8.
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1 solution
Only Statements 3,8,11 are wrong
For Statement 3
Hydrogen Peroxide Is Obtained By Reaction Of Hydrated Barium Peroxide
And Water
For Statement 8
In Hydorgen Peroxide The Hydroxyl Groups Lie In Different Planes giving it a
non planar structure(open book structure)
For Statement 11
In America Hydrogen Peroxide Is Prepared By Autooxidation Of 2-
Ethylanthraquinol(Very Useful Commercial Process ) And Efficiency Goes
Upto 50-70%