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Mno42-  (1 mole ) in neutral aqueous medium is disproportionate  to  A) 2/3 mole of mno4- and  1/3 mole of mno2B) 1/3 mole of  mno4-  and 2/3 mole of mno2Is there is another way  to solve this  question without balancing and writing   the whole equation.  Is there is shortcut to do this question by oxidation state   only .

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Here MnO42-  where Mn is in  +6 state disproportionates  to  MnO41- (where Mn is in +7) and MnO2 (where Mn is in+4). So The changes are

+6 -> +7 => 1 unit increase

+6 -> +4 => 2 unit decrease

So to balance the redox process the ratio of number of moles of the species produced should be

  MnO42-:   MnO2 = 2 :1

So the statement (A) supports above fact



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