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Phosphorus forms a number of oxoacids. Out of these oxoacids phosphinic acid has strong reducing property. Write its structure and also write a reaction showing its reducing behaviour.

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Solution :
Phosphinic ACID acts as a good reducing agent because of presence of TWO P-H bonds.
`4AgNO_(3) + 2H_(2)O + H_(3)PO_(2) to 4Ag + 4HNO_(3) + H_(3)PO_(4)`


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