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Chapter 5, Problem 19P

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QUESTION:

Use curved arrows to show the movement of electrons in each of the following reaction steps. ( Hint: Look at the reactants and look at the products, and then draw the arrows to convert the reactants into products.)

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QUESTION:

Use curved arrows to show the movement of electrons in each of the following reaction steps. ( Hint: Look at the reactants and look at the products, and then draw the arrows to convert the reactants into products.)

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Solution 19P

Step 1 of 4:

Here, we are asked to show the movement of electrons using curved arrows:

a.

Here, the O atom that is double-bonded gains a proton and H3O+ loses a proton with oxygen retaining the electrons it shared with the proton. Thus, the O atom that gained a proton becomes positively charged, and the O atom that lost a proton has no charge.


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