EBK ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
EBK ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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Chapter 12.11, Problem 25P
Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

Antioxidant property of catechins should be explained through resonance.

Concept introduction:

Radical or free radical: unpaired valence electron of an atom, molecule, or ion is called as radical.

Resonance:

Resonance is a way of describing delocalized electrons within certain molecules where the bonding cannot be expressed by one single Lewis structure.

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