Essential Organic Chemistry, Global Edition
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Author: Paula Yurkanis Bruice
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Chapter 14, Problem 19P
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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