Course review
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• Electron transfer, oxidation state change • Oxygen gain/loss, hydrogen loss/gain • Oxidizing/reducing agents • Deduce oxidation states and identify oxidized/reduced species
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• Separate oxidation and reduction • Show electron loss/gain • Deduce redox half-equations and equations in acidic or neutral solutions
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• Metals: ease of oxidation • Halogens: ease of reduction • Metal displacement reactions • Predict metal oxidation and halogen reduction using supplied data
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• Release H₂ gas • Deduce equations for reactive metals with dilute acids
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• Oxidation at anode • Reduction at cathode • Signs/polarities in voltaic vs. electrolytic cells • Identify anode/cathode from electrode reactions
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• Spontaneous redox → electrical energy • Electron flow: anode → cathode (external circuit) • Ion movement across salt bridge • Include metal/metal ion half-cells, circuit, and salt bridge
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• Redox reactions reversible with electrical energy • Deduce charging reactions from discharge reactions and compare cell types
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• Electrical energy → chemical energy • Non-spontaneous reactions • Electrolysis of molten salts • Explain current conduction and deduce molten salt electrolysis products
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• Primary alcohols → aldehydes → carboxylic acids • Secondary alcohols → ketones • Include distillation/reflux setup and that tertiary alcohols are not oxidized similarly
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• Carboxylic acids → aldehydes → primary alcohols • Ketones → secondary alcohols • Include hydride ion role; specific reducing agents and mechanisms are not assessed
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• Addition of H₂ lowers unsaturation • Alkenes + H₂, alkynes + H₂ • Deduce hydrogenation products of alkenes and alkynes
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• Hydrogen half-cell = 0 V by convention • Ease of oxidation/reduction • Use standard conditions and electrode potential data to compare oxidizing/reducing ability
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• Calculate from E⦵ values • Positive E⦵cell = spontaneous • Predict feasible redox reactions from E⦵cell
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• ΔG⦵ = −nFE⦵cell • Link electron number, Faraday constant, and spontaneity
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• Competing reactions at electrodes • Water oxidation/reduction • Deduce products from standard electrode potentials; include water and aqueous solutions
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• Electrolytic coating with metal layer • Explain the metal object as cathode and the coating metal as ion source
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