Neal - 17-9-2022 at 05:40
Definitions of acid/bases include proton transfer, and electron transfer.
Definitions of oxidizing/reducing agents also include proton and electron transfer.
Why not just put all the proton transfer as 1, and the electron transfer, as another?
So therefore what is the difference?
1 answer I have is, in Lewis acid/base reactions electrons are transferred, but not necessarily transferred in oxidizing/reducing reactions.
Another is, Lewis acid/base reactions are reversible, whereas in oxidizing/reducing agents reactions, the electrons are irreversibly transferred.
Also, the most contradicting are strong acid and reducing agents, and strong bases and strong oxidizers. For the 1st 1, HI seems to be the only 1, as
I- is the reducing agent, and for the 2nd, KO2 will have to do. What other strong acid + strong reducers are out there?
[Edited on 17-9-2022 by Neal]