Period 3 Reactions

Period 3 elements with oxygen and chlorine

Period 3 elements with water


Period 3 oxides with water and their ACID BASE CHARACTER




Period 3 chlorides with water







NOTE:
PreU syllabus: describe the reactivity of period 3 chlorides with water, including reactions of SiCl4 and PCl5 with
water in terms of replacement of -Cl with -OH and subsequent dehydration; analogy with dehydration of unstable
hydroxyl group in organic chemistry

Also questions have been asked about comparing CCl
4
and SiCl
4
and their reaction with water see below

PCl
3
:
PCl
3
+ 3H
2
O H
3
PO
3
+ HCl

PCl
5
:
PCl
5
+

H
2
O POCl
3
+ 2HCl then
POCl
3
+ 3H
2
O H
3
PO
3
+ 3HCl
Overall:
PCl
5
+ 4H
2
O H
3
PO
4
+ HCl