Oxidation States

[Mya Majewski 1L]

As stated in Lecture, Mn has a +7 charge- is their a table we should memorize in order to determine oxidation states?

[ThomasLai1D]

I think Dr. Lavelle said that we would not need to memorize oxidation states of elements, but that they would be easy to figure out from the reaction and the compound it is in.

[PranitKumaran1F]

Oxidation states of elements such as transition metals can be calculated based on the reaction they are in, so they don't need to be memorized.

[Nicole Lee 4E]

Some elements have too many possible oxidation states to memorize. They should be calculable from the reaction.

[tierra parker 1J]

we don't have to memorize the oxidation states for transition metals since they could have more than one, but we should know the oxidation states of like carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen

[Eric Quach 1C]

we don't have to memorize the oxidation states of metals, as they change depending on the compound. Just make sure to memorize the states for oxygen, the halogens, groups 1 and 2 and with that you can figure out the oxidation states of the metals.

[A De Castro 14B 2H]

You can use Toolbox K.1 in the 6th edition of the textbook to determine the basic oxidation states. As for metals, it usually depends on the other atoms in the molecule they're in. This is because transition metals can have a range of oxidation states, like the ones in the attached image (the ones in green are common).

[Nicklas_Wright_1A]

Mn does not always have an oxidation state of 7+. That was only true for that particular example.

[Jake Gordon 1A]

oxidation state of any pure element is 0 ex Cu
a charged monoatomic ion is just equal to the charge ex Cl- is -1 and Ag+ is +1
diatomic ions must add up to the total charge ex HCO3- H is +1 C is +4 and 3 oxygens O is -2 each for a total of -1
group one is +1 group 2 is +2 carbon is usually +- 4 oxygen is -2 except with H2O2 and halogens are -1

[Phan Tran 1K]

The best way to find the oxidation state of a transition metal is to use the oxidation states of the other molecules in the compound witht he transition metal.

[Melody P 2B]

This may be of some help!!! It can also be found on the course website

Balancing_Redox_Reactions_Acidic_Conditions.pdf

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