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by aposm
33 days ago
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Maybe you should not omit those "dozens of words" that clearly explain what you're trying to portray as a contradiction. > These molecules have a particular property: When they come into contact with air, they oxidize and change color. One becomes blue and the other red. |
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Maybe I shouldn't. But then I have to deep-dive into yet another flagrant cheap hallucination. You see, when a molecule oxidize, it becomes a different molecule.
It is impossible for a benzoquinone to oxidize, yet remain a benzoquinone. There are just two of them [1], and the two are isomers [2]. Transforming one into another would be isomerisation, not oxidation.
Not to mention — "oxidize on contact with air" is such a pile of nonsense. Just look at those things: benzene ring with a couple of oxygens sticking from it. [1] That stuff is pretty darn stable in presence of atmospheric oxygen.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzoquinone
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isomer