Lone pair of P present in unhybridized S orbital

Brown ring complex on heating gives NO gas.

aqueous HNO3 can be concentrated by distillation upto ~ 68% by mass.

Diff Conc of
Ionic Reaction Reactants Products
HNO3
NO₃⁻ → NO₂ (Z=1) Cu,Ag,Hg,Pb,Zn Metal Nitrate + NO₂
Rendered passive due to
oxide layer
Conc HNO₃ Fe,Cr,Al,Co,Ni
formation which
(OA)
prevents further rxn.
H₂SnO₃ (metastannic
Sn
acid) + NO2
Moderately
Conc. NO₃⁻ → NO₂ (Z=1) Fe FeNO₃ + NO₂
HNO₃
Less Active Metal
NO₃⁻ → NO Metal Nitrate + NO
Cu,Ag,Hg,Pb
Dil. HNO₃
More Active Metal
NO₃⁻ → N₂O Metal Nitrate + N₂O
Zn,Fe,Sn
More Active Metal Metal Nitrate +
Very Dil. NO₃⁻ → NH₄⁺
Zn,Fe,Sn NH₂OH/NH₄⁺
HNO₃
Mg/Mn Metal Nitrate + H₂
 Refer OXOACIDS Sir’s Notes
The acids which contain P–H bond have strong
reducing properties.
Thus, hypophosphorous acid is a good reducing
agent as it contains
two P–H bonds and reduces, for example,
AgNO3
to metallic silver.
4 AgNO3 + 2H2O + H3PO2 → 4Ag + 4HNO3 +
H3PO4

Acids in +3 oxidation state of phosphorus tend

to disproportionate to higher and lower
oxidation states. For example,
orthophophorous acid (or phosphorous acid)
on heating disproportionates to give
orthophosphoric acid (or phosphoric acid) and
phosphine.
O2 doesn’t react with Pt.
NON REDOX