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Iodine Is Only Very Slightly Soluble in Water, but It

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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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