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Offline trishasales714

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Carbonyl oxidation number (not oxidation state)
« on: March 29, 2017, 12:13:00 AM »
What would be the oxidation number of the carbonyl? Would it be 1 (since there is only 1 oxygen or 2 since there are 2 bonds to that oxygen?

Contributions are usually -1 for hydrogen, +1 for electronegative elements and 0 for carbon
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Offline Babcock_Hall

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Re: Carbonyl oxidation number (not oxidation state)
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2017, 05:22:49 PM »
I have always calculated the oxidation number of carbon by counting the number of bonds to electronegative atoms (like oxygen) or electropositive atoms (like hydrogen) atoms.
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