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Reducing agent

Alternate title: electron donor
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  • agents

    • carbon monoxide

      TITLE: oxide
      SECTION: Carbon monoxide
    • covalent hydrides

      TITLE: hydride
      SECTION: Covalent hydrides
      Two group-13 hydridic anions are well-known reducing agents. The tetrahydridoborate (commonly called the borohydride) anion, BH 4 , the tetrahydridoaluminate anion, AlH 4 , and their derivatives are some of the most widely used reducing agents in chemistry. The cations most commonly employed are Na + for...
    • hydrogen

      TITLE: hydrogen (H)
      SECTION: Reactivity of hydrogen
      ...The explosion of a 2:1 mixture of hydrogen and oxygen is especially violent. Almost all metals and nonmetals react with hydrogen at high temperatures. At elevated temperatures and pressures hydrogen reduces the oxides of most metals and many metallic salts to the metals. For example, hydrogen gas and ferrous oxide react, yielding metallic iron and water, H 2 + FeO → Fe +...
    • organometallic compounds

      TITLE: organometallic compound
      SECTION: Reduction
  • catalytic activity

    TITLE: catalysis
    SECTION: Other catalytic compounds
    A class of compounds termed electron donor-acceptor complexes also has been studied for its catalytic activity. The class may be exemplified by a complex between metallic sodium (the donor) and anthracene, C 14H 10, a tricyclic hydrocarbon (the acceptor). The complex can be visualized as an anthracene anion and a sodium cation. Such complexes can exchange the hydrogen of the...
  • chemical compound classification

    TITLE: chemical compound
    SECTION: Classification of compounds
  • definition

    TITLE: acid–base reaction
    SECTION: The Brønsted–Lowry definition
  • equivalent weight

    TITLE: equivalent weight
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