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what is order of acidity of H3PO4, H3PO2, H3PO3?

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what is order of acidity of H3PO4, H3PO2, H3PO3?

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pritesh acharya

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31 Jan 2010 12:57:53 IST

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H3PO4>H3PO3>H3PO2

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31 Jan 2010 13:09:08 IST

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yes acidic nature is direclt proportional to no. of oxygen directly bonded to hydrogen..(a karnataka CET 2009 q.)

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Its the exceptional case. The order of acidity is h3po2 > h3po3 > h3po4. You can find it out on the basis of the stability of the conjugate bases. In all other cases, the acidity is dirtectly proportioanl to the oxidation number of the central metal , but this case shows the opposite behavior

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