Redox Redux: Recommendations for Improving Textbook and IUPAC Definitions

Ed Vitz
Department of Chemistry, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA 19530
J. Chem. Educ., 2002, 79 (3), p 397
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2002

Abstract

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.

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  • Received: August 03, 2009

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