Organic oxidation-reduction reactions | Organic chemistry | Khan Academy

How to determine if a starting compound is oxidized, reduced, or neither.

Organic Chemistry on Khan Academy: Carbon can form covalent bonds with itself and other elements to create a mind-boggling array of structures. In organic chemistry, we will learn about the reactions chemists use to synthesize crazy carbon based structures, as well as the analytical methods to characterize them. We will also think about how those reactions are occurring on a molecular level with reaction mechanisms. Simply put, organic chemistry is like building with molecular Legos. Let's make some beautiful organic molecules!

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[Emk]

I've never though I could make an associations of oxidation reduction with formal charge. That is pretty cool concept to remember.

[alejandrosantos]

Thanks kahn i been watching you for years through out my education

[sandhantzer]

Great video. You couldn’t have made it any clearer

[perfectneglect]

Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank you so much

[mariedaniellelaroa]

Why is there a hydrogen attached to the carbon in the 2nd example?