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The international pictogram for oxidizing chemicals. Dangerous goods label for oxidizing agents. An oxidizing agent (also known as an oxidant, oxidizer, electron recipient, or electron acceptor) is a substance in a redox chemical reaction that gains or "accepts"/"receives" an electron from a reducing agent (called the reductant, reducer, or electron donor).
the central organic synthesis reagent for hydroboration Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide: an organic compound; primary use is to couple amino acids during artificial peptide synthesis Diethyl azodicarboxylate: a valuable reagent but also quite dangerous and explodes upon heating Diethyl ether: organic compound; a common laboratory solvent Dihydropyran
The following table provides the reduction potentials of the indicated reducing agent at 25 °C. For example, among sodium (Na), chromium (Cr), cuprous (Cu +) and chloride (Cl −), it is Na that is the strongest reducing agent while Cl − is the weakest; said differently, Na + is the weakest oxidizing agent in this list while Cl is the strongest.
Figure 2. Two examples of RAFT agents. Typically, a RAFT polymerization system consists of: a radical source (e.g. thermochemical initiator or the interaction of gamma radiation with some reagent) monomer; RAFT agent; solvent (not strictly required if the monomer is a liquid)
An example of a simple chain reaction is the thermal decomposition of acetaldehyde (CH 3 CHO) to methane (CH 4) and carbon monoxide (CO). The experimental reaction order is 3/2, [4] which can be explained by a Rice-Herzfeld mechanism. [5] This reaction mechanism for acetaldehyde has 4 steps with rate equations for each step :
In chemistry, a reagent (/ r i ˈ eɪ dʒ ən t / ree-AY-jənt) or analytical reagent is a substance or compound added to a system to cause a chemical reaction, or test if one occurs. [1] The terms reactant and reagent are often used interchangeably, but reactant specifies a substance consumed in the course of a chemical reaction. [ 1 ]
For example, zinc borohydride, nominally Zn(BH 4) 2, is used for mild selective reduction of aldehydes and ketones in the presence of other reducible groups. [4] The central metal (usually B vs Al) strongly influences reducing agent's strength. Aluminum hydrides are more nucleophilic and better reducing agents relative to borohydrides. [5]
This reaction is an example of electrophilic aromatic substitution. Acyl halides and acid anhydrides of carboxylic acids are also common acylating agents. In some cases, active esters exhibit comparable reactivity. All react with amines to form amides and with alcohols to form esters by nucleophilic acyl substitution.