How do you work out the oxidation state of an organic compound?
Posted May 31st, 2010 by admin 1 Comment »
kashanrat asked:
For example, how do you work out the oxidation state of C2H5OH using an algebraic equation?
I always seem to get -2 for the oxidation state. Is it possible that oxidation state for Organic Compounds cannot be found this way?
For example, how do you work out the oxidation state of C2H5OH using an algebraic equation?
I always seem to get -2 for the oxidation state. Is it possible that oxidation state for Organic Compounds cannot be found this way?
Thanks in advance