One of the hydroxybenzoic acids is known by the common name salicylic acid. Its methyl ester, methyl salicylate, occurs in oil o
f wintergreen. Methyl salicylate boils over 50°C lower than either of the other two methyl hydroxybenzoates. What is the structure of methyl salicylate? Why is its boiling point so much lower than that of either of its regioisomers?
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Answer:
Manganese decreases from 4+ to 2+ (reduced and oxidizing agent) and nitrogen increases from 2+ to 5+ (oxidized and reducing agent).
Explanation:
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In this case, according to the given redox reaction, we rewrite it as a convenient first step:
Next, we assign the oxidation numbers as follows:
Thus, we can see that both manganese and nitrogen undergo a change in their oxidation number, the former decreases from 4+ to 2+ (reduced and oxidizing agent) and the latter increases from 2+ to 5+ (oxidized and reducing agent).
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