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what is the oxidation number of carbon atom(C) in CH3COOH

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Answered by Anonymous
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In general, let's start by assuming Hydrogen will be +1 and Oxygen will be -2. Therefore, by summing the product of the number of atoms and the oxidation state of each element we have +4 due to hydrogen and -4 due to oxygen. The carbon is then at the 0 (zero) oxidation state. Hope this helps.


yantra: there are 2 carbon atom so how it is 0
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