oxidation number
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oxidation number
Does the element outside the brackets have anything to do with the oxidation number?
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Re: oxidation number
Yes, the oxidation number will have to make the stuff inside the brackets the opposite charge to the stuff outside, if the whole thing is neutral
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Re: oxidation number
Yes, I believe so! In one of Lyndon's Marshmallow problems, the positive charge of K affected the oxidation number of the metal in the bracket:
K2[Ni(CN)4] -> potassium tetracyanonickelate (2)
K2[Ni(CN)4] -> potassium tetracyanonickelate (2)
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Re: oxidation number
The elements outside of the bracket affect the oxidation number because in order for the coordination compound to be neutral, the charges of the elements within the bracket and outside of the bracket must cancel each other out.
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