Iodine Is Only Very Slightly Soluble in Water,but It Dissolves

question 60

Multiple Choice

Iodine is only very slightly soluble in water,but it dissolves readily in an aqueous solution of sodium iodide,because molecular iodine acts as:

• A)a Lewis base to form a coordinate covalent bond with Na⁺ ion
• B)a reducing agent with water,to form the soluble I⁺ ion
• C)an oxidizing agent with I^- ion to form the soluble I₃⁺ ion
• D)a Lewis acid to form a coordinate covalent bond with I^- ion
• E)a catalyst for the disproportionation of water

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