Chlorine undergoes disproportionation in alkaline medium as shown below:
aCl2(g)+bOH(aq)-→cClO(aq)-+dCl(aq)-+eH2O(l)
The values of a, b, c and d in a balanced redox reaction are respectively:
(2)
C0l2(g)+2OH-(aq)→Cl-(aq)+Cl+1O-(aq)+H2O(l)
a = 1, b = 2, c = 1, d = 1