CHMB42H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 20: Oxalyl Chloride, Ozonide, Ozonolysis
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In an oxidation-reduction reaction (redox reaction), one species loses electrons and one gains electrons. The species that loses electrons is oxidized, and the one that gains electrons is reduced. Leo the lion says ger : loss of electrons is oxidation; gain of electrons is reduction. Reducing agent the species that is oxidized, it loses the electrons that the species being reduced gains. Oxidizing agent the species that is reduced, it gains the electrons the species being oxidized loses. 20. 1 oxidation reduction reactions of organic compounds: an overview. If the reaction increases the number of c h bonds or decreases the number of c o, c n, or. C x bonds (where x denotes a halogen), the compound has been reduced. If the reaction decreases the number of c h bonds or increases the number of c o, c n, or.
