[adamc637]

What exactly is redox disproportionation?

I had to attend a class advising meeting that coincided with my classes, so I missed this part of the Chemistry lecture! It's not in my book (my professor likes to keep us honest, I guess), and I can't google any good resources... So can anyone point me to a good place to read about it?

[ksr985]

a redox disproportionation is a reaction in which the reactant gets oxidized and reduced simultaneously, to yield two products.
example: cannizzarro rxn.

the aldehyde gets oxidized to and acid, and reduced to an alcohol.

A number of inorganic compounds disp when heated. these are generally compounds in which one element is in an intermediate oxidation state, ie, an oxidation state that is neither its highest possible, nor its lowest possible.

example:

Cu2I2--------> Cu + CuI2

[Borek]

Cl2 + H2O -> HCl + HClO