hydrogen particles?
are you, like, a Thompsonist or something?
here.. look, i still remember this
this is the Particle Theory from ninth grade science.
1. All matter is made up of small particles.
2. The particles in matter of the same kind are identical.
3. The particles are attracted to each other. The attraction between the particles increases as the particles get closer together.
4. The spaces between the particles are large compared to the size of the particles themselves.
5. The particles have mass and take up space.
All of these are wrong.
so.. redox chemistry, leo the lion says ger and all, that's what you need to know.
you want a substitute for KMnO4?
but whysoever would you want potassium permanganate?
i shouldn't do this, but i'm gonna help you.
a good oxidizing agent is, of course, susceptible to accepting electrons itself. to being reduced. this does not necessarily mean it is, or must be, a good electrophile or a cation or a Lewis acid. all it needs to be able to do is readily undergo a change of its oxidation state of the central atom.
but hey, im gonna help you even more than that.
you need a substitute? here's three.
1. the Jones oxidation
2. the Lemieux oxidation
3. the Swern oxidation
your local library won't have anything about this. your local college library will, but you might as well just hand over the $50,000 and 4 years of your life.
4? naw, 8. at least 8.
they're supposed to be good ones too.
oh well.
organic chemists: runnin' tha carbon ting since 1828