Redox Redux: Recommendations for Improving Textbook and IUPAC Definitions

• Ed Vitz ^[1]
  1. [1] Kutztown University,United States
• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 79, Nº 3, 2002, pág. 397
• Idioma: inglés
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  • It is suggested that writers avoid defining oxidation (and related terms) as "transfer of electrons" in favor of a definition involving change of oxidation state. The latter formal definition would include reactions like NO3 + CO NO2 + CO2, which are known to proceed via an atom transfer mechanism, and it would allow treatment of redox reactions without commitment to a particular mechanism.