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Oxidation State, A Long‐Standing Issue!
Author(s) -
Karen Pavel
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201407561
Subject(s) - chemical nomenclature , oxidation state , graph , computer science , state (computer science) , chemistry , ion , theoretical computer science , organic chemistry , programming language , catalysis
What is an oxidation state? Oxidation state has defining algorithms but lacks a comprehensive definition. Results of an IUPAC project to find such a definition have recently been published in an extensive Technical Report. A summary in this Essay is illustrated with applications on Lewis, bond‐graph, and summary formulas of molecules, ions, or solids, together with the most recent information regarding tricky cases.