Write the reaction of PCl5 with heavy water.

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Write the reaction of PCl₅ with heavy water.

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Step 1

Phosphorous pentachloride has chemical formula $P C l_{5}$ and it is a pale greenish-yellow solid color compound.

Chemical formula for heavy water is $D_{2} O$ .

Step 2

When $P C l_{5}$ is treated with heavy water then it leads to the formation of Deuterium Phosphate $(D_{3} P O_{4})$ and deuterium chloride.

The reaction equation is as follows.

$P C l_{5} + D_{2} O \to P O C l_{3} + 2 D C l P O C l_{3} + 3 D_{2} O \to D_{3} P O_{4} + 3 D C l$

Therefore, overall reaction will be written as follows.

$P C l_{5} + 4 D_{2} O \to D_{3} P O_{4} + 5 D C l$

As here, the number of atoms present on reactant side is equal to the number of atoms present on product side. Therefore, this is a balanced chemical equation.

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