Formal Charge vs Oxidation Number Made Super Simple with Examples Chemistry MCAT 

At 19:58 it should be positive 10 correct? Not negative since +5 * 2 is +10 and since we need -2 & O is -14 and H is +2

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5:54 = Discussion Re Oxidation Number

so in summary: FORMAL CHARGE FC = #Ve in periodic table - #Ve it has in compound (include bonds/ Ve) Oxidation # = number of tug of way it won (- for winner) (only count bonds NOT valence e) I hope I summarized it right, thank you A TON!

At 9:15, for the two carbons that are methyl groups off of that middle carbon, would their oxidation numbers be -3 each since they "win" against the hydrogens?

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can we study mechanism of organic reaction using the oxidation number instead of formal charge? i know it can be useless but it would be cool to have to different point of view in describing the same thing

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