Oxidation Can Produce

question 80

Multiple Choice

Oxidation can produce

• A)limestone.
• B)hematite.
• C)salt.
• D)gypsum.
• E)pumice

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Definitions:

DIBAL

Diisobutylaluminum hydride, a reducing agent commonly used in organic synthesis to reduce esters, aldehydes, and ketones to alcohols.

Acid Chlorides

Reactive derivatives of carboxylic acids where the hydroxyl group has been replaced by a chloride ion, with general formula RCOCl.

Carboxylic Acids

Organic acids characterized by the presence of at least one carboxyl group (-COOH), widely used in industry and biology.

SOCl2

Thionyl chloride, a reactive chemical compound used in the synthesis of acid chlorides from carboxylic acids.