Please explain. Classify the following transformation as a
reduction, oxidation, or neither
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General guidance
There are various types of chemical reactions which includes combination reaction, decomposition reaction, displacement reaction, oxidation and reduction reactions.
Oxidation reaction is the reaction in which oxygen is added or hydrogen is being removed.
Reduction reaction involves the addition of hydrogen or removal of oxygen to the main product in a chemical reaction. Redox reaction is a type of reaction in which both oxidation and reduction takes place simultaneously.
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Step 1 of 2
The chemical reaction is shown below:
The type of this chemical reaction is as follows:
Oxidation and reduction can be described in the most common two ways in terms of gain or loss of oxygen or hydrogen and in terms of loss or gain of electrons. In this reaction, addition of hydrogen is taking place in the product after the chemical reaction and addition of hydrogen is termed as reduction. Therefore, reduction is taking place here and ketone is reduced to secondary alcohol.
Step 2 of 2
The chemical reaction is shown below:
The type of this chemical reaction is as follows:
In this chemical reaction removal of hydrogen is taking place on product formation and the process of removal of hydrogen is termed as oxidation and the reaction in which oxidation is taking place is called the oxidation reaction. Therefore, the given reaction is oxidation reaction and secondary alcohol is oxidised to ketone here.
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The type of this chemical reaction is as follows:
The type of this chemical reaction is as follows:
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The type of this chemical reaction is as follows:
The type of this chemical reaction is as follows: