In the Hall-Heroult process, elemental carbon acts as this species, and in organic chemistry, sodium borohydride and lithium aluminum hydride are a strong type of them.
Metals mixed with silica gels, called M-SGs, are used for this purpose in chemical reactions. Malonic and bromomalonic acid act as these species in the Belousov-Zhabotinsky clock reaction. In the Hall-Heroult process, elemental carbon acts as this species, and in organic chemistry, sodium borohydride and lithium aluminum hydride are a strong type of them. Alkali (*) metals almost always act as these species. This species is the reactant with the smaller standard electrode potential. In the presence of platinum, hydrogen gas acts as this agent when it reacts with alkenes and alkynes. These compounds will readily give up an electron. For 10 points, name these "agents" which get oxidized in redox reactions.
Metals mixed with silica gels, called M-SGs, are used for this purpose in chemical reactions.
{reducing} agents [or {reductant}]