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1
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WHat are redox reactions involved in?

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involved in a variety of natural processes from the rusting of iron, the
browning of food to the respiration of animals.

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WHen do oxidation and reduction states occur?

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Oxidation- reduction (redox) reactions occur when electrons are transferred from the atom that becomes oxidised to the atom becomes reduced

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Oxidation Is…

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…Loss (of electrons) (OIL)

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Reduction Is…

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…Gain (of electrons) (RIG)

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Redox has implications through out the cell such as…

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  • Biochemical reactions
  • Biological molecule function
  • Intracellular environment
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6
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The transfer of electrons can have such a…

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…profound effect where physiological and pathological states can be determined.

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When has an atom, ion or molecule become oxidised?

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When an atom, ion or molecule LOSES electrons and becomes more positively charged we say it has been oxidised (OIL)

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Loss of electrons by a substance is called…

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…OXIDATION

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9
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How are metal oxides formed?

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Metals react directly with the O2
in the air to form metal oxides

Eg:
2 Ca (s) + O2 (g) –> 2CaO (s)

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Describe the oxidation of
2 Ca (s) + O2 (g) –> 2CaO (s)

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Ca is oxidised to CaO. Ca has lost two electrons and O has gained two electrons.
Ca is now more positively charged and O is now more negatively charged: REDUCED

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When one reactant loses electrons, another must…

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…gain them

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the oxidation of one
substance is always accompanied by the…

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…reduction of another
REDuction & OXidation = REDOX

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Each atom in a neutral molecule or charged species is assigned an…

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… oxidation state

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define oxidation state.

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either the actual charge of the monotomic ion, or a hypothetical
charge assigned to the atom

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15
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Oxidation states of atoms…

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…change in a redox reaction

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What are the oxidation number rules?

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1 – For an atom in its elemental form, the oxidation number is 0
2 – For any monotomic ion (e.g. Na+
), the oxidation number is the equal to the charge on the ion.
3 – Nonmetals usually have negative oxidation numbers
4 – The sum of the oxidation numbers in a neutral compound is 0
5 – The sum of the oxidation numbers of all atoms in a polyatomic ion equals the charge on the ion

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17
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What is the oxidation number of oxygen?

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-2 (except in peroxides where it is -1)

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What is the oxidation number of hydrogen?

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+1 (except when bound to metals = -1)

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What is the oxidation number of halogens?

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Oxidation number of halogens (F, Cl, Br etc) = -1 (except when combined
with oxygen where they have positive oxidation numbers)

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20
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Redox reactions need to take into account…

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…the movement of electrons

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21
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In acidic solutions, we can add […] and […] to balance half reactions?

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H2O and H+

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22
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The energy released in a spontaneous redox reaction can be used to perform…

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…electrical work.

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23
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Where is the potential energy of electrons highest in an electrical unit?

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higher at the ANODE electrode than at the CATHODE electrode

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24
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What occurs at the anode?

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(oxidation half reaction) e- loss

25
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What occurs at the cathode?

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(reduction half reaction) e- gain

26
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The difference in the potential energy between two electrodes is called the…

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…electromotive force (emf).

27
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Define electromotive force (emf)

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The difference in the potential energy between two electrodes

28
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For any reaction that proceeds spontaneously the emf…

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…must be positive

29
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A voltaic cell is produced when…

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…an oxidant and reductant are separated by a salt bridge

30
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The cell potential is the difference between…

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…electrode potentials

31
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By convention, the potential associated with each electrode is chosen to be

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…the potential for reduction to occur at that electrode

32
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We can measure the potential for a particular reactant to …

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…accept electrons (i.e. to become reduced).

33
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How can we measure the potential of a particular reactant to accept electrons?

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by the standard reduction potential where the more positive the value, the greater the tendency for the reactant to accept electrons and become reduced (an OXIDIZING AGENT).

34
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The more positive the E^0red value for a half reaction,…

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…the greater the tendency for the reactant of the half-reaction to be reduced, and therefore to oxidise another species

35
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F2 is an easily reduced species - it has the strongest tendency to remove
electrons from other species. It is therefore a…

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… strong OXIDIZING AGENT

36
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Li+ is the most difficult species to reduce - it has the strongest tendency to give electrons to other species. It is therefore a …

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…strong REDUCING AGENT

37
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The transfer of electrons in redox reactions is responsible (directly or indirectly) for…

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…ALL work done by living organisms

38
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Electrons flow through…

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…carriers

  • each of which has a higher affinity for the electron than the previous one
39
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Carriers are used to power…

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…biological reactions

40
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Within a covalent bond, one of the atoms may exert a…

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…greater attraction for the bonding electrons than the other.

41
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Define electronegativity

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Electronegativity is the ability of an atom in a molecule to attract
electrons to itself

42
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The oxidation state gives a…

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…measure of how oxidised an atom within a molecules is, based on electronegativity

43
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As the red carbon undergoes oxidation (loses electrons)…

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…the number gets smaller and the oxidation state increases

44
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The cell is full of numerous…

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redox couples, including small organic molecules as well as large macromolecules (e.g. proteins and lipids)

45
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Intracellular redox couples have numerous roles:

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  • Oxidising redox couples such as; protein disulphide isomerase (PDI) – involved with intramolecular disulphide bond formation (correct protein folding)
  • Reducing redox couples such as; thioredoxin (TrX) – involved with breaking intermolecular disulphide bonds (protein-protein aggregates)
46
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Nernst equation calculations can…

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… give details as to whether a redox couple is oxidising or reducing in nature

47
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The more oxidising the redox couple, the more…

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…positive the (mV)

i.e. electrons will
transfer from very (-ve) to less (-ve) down an electrochemical gradient

48
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During oxidative stress, GSH can

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donate electrons (removing the oxidative stress)

49
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Because intracellular [GSH] is so high, the ratio of GSH : GSSG is a…

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…good indicator for cell health

50
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Many diseases are associated with…

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… increased oxidative stress; cancer, cardiovascular disease, neurodegenerative disease

51
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GSH can be used to calculate…

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…e the intracellular redox potential (Eh
), from the modified Nernst equation

52
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What is GSH?

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glutathione

53
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As intracellular redox potential (Eh) becomes more (+ ve), redox couples within the cell become more…

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…oxidised

54
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Many redox couples are proteins which…

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have a role in cell growth and survival. These may be ‘switched on’ or ‘switched off’ during Ehchanges

55
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Altering Eh can effect…

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…cell growth and survival

56
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What is Eh?

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intracellular redox potential

57
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What is the mitochondria electron transport chain a set of?

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essential set of redox reactions

58
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What does the mitochondria electron transport chain generate?

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Allows 38 ATP to be generated per glucose molecule

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