JEE Advanced Chemistry question

"Chlorine-type" laundry bleaches are in reality aqueous solution of

(A)HOClCorrect
(B)HClO3
(C)NaClO3
(D)NaOCl

Answer: (A)

Solution

Commercial "chlorine" laundry bleach is sold as an aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl), but in that solution NaOCl exists in equilibrium with (and partially hydrolyses to) hypochlorous acid: OCl⁻ + H2O ⇌ HOCl + OH⁻. It is this weak acid, HOCl, that is the actual active

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Question ID VK-159356