A New Approach to Understanding Oxidation-Reduction of Compounds in Organic Chemistry

• Abdullah Menzek ^[1]
  1. [1] Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Turkey
• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 79, Nº 6, 2002, pág. 700
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The oxidation and reduction of compounds in organic chemistry can be easily understood by assigning average oxidation numbers to carbon atoms in small or conjugate organic molecules. An atom is negatively charged if it is more electronegative than carbon and positively charged if it is less electronegative than carbon. The oxidation number of an atom is the number of electrons that are accepted or donated by its octet. From the average oxidation numbers of carbon atoms in reactants and products, it can be seen whether small or conjugate organic molecules are oxidized or reduced in the reaction.