Iron and Ascorbic acid??

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Iron and Ascorbic acid??

I'm trying to reduce the iron in FeCl3, from Fe (III) to Fe(II), using ascorbic acid, but I don't know how to write the balanced chemica equation. (I think it has something to do w/adding H20 as a reactant)? Is this redox??

ascorbic acid is C6H8O6

2007-11-10 14:43:58 · 2 answers · asked by Natalie T 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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The iron bit is easy:

Fe3+ + e- = Fe2+

To do the ascorbic acid bit, you need to know what it gets oxidised to. Otherwise you can't even get started.

2007-11-11 06:42:48 · answer #1 · answered by Facts Matter 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Having fun at Northwestern?

2007-11-13 11:16:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋