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Offline ineedhelpplease123

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[urgent] Please help with redox,
« on: January 22, 2020, 10:40:49 PM »
I am completely stuck on this redox reaction http://prntscr.com/qrk72m

this is my work: http://prntscr.com/qrk89j

I want to show the redox reaction for ibuprofen+lysine.

Should I write the reaction like I wrote it up top? or break it into 2 products to better demonstrate it, according to that source, only 1 hydrogen is transferred from ibuprofen to lysine in the formation of Ibuprofen Lysine. Since Ibuprofen is giving away a electron, it is undergoing oxidation (or ibu is the reducing agent). Since lysine is accepting an electron, it is undergoing a reducing reaction (or lysine is the oxidizing agent).

How do I complete a balanced redox for this equation?

Appreciate the help in advance, this is for a summative btw.

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Re: [urgent] Please help with redox,
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2020, 01:22:23 AM »
This is not a redox reaction. It is a simple building of ammonium salt. In the original text its called proton transfer reaction.
Similar to NH3 + HCl => NH4+ + Cl-

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Re: [urgent] Please help with redox,
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2020, 02:01:40 PM »
what exactly are you trying to do? 
  (1) balance the reaction equation?
  (2) is this part of a bigger problem?  like theoretical or % yield?

as the Chenbeier stated, this isn't a REDOX (REDuction OXidation) reaction.  Lysine is accepting a PROTON not an electron in this case.  There are no changes in oxidation states

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