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I am currently studying preparation of Alkane from Alkyl Halides (By Reduction)

But the term "Nascent Hydrogen" Confuses me after reading diffrent threads and stuff

Please help :)

Kushagra Agrawal
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    Perhaps see here for a previous time this popped up: https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/q/131162/79678. Maybe a unicorn or maybe not. – Ed V May 31 '21 at 19:05

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Some dyes are reduced by a mixture of $\ce{Zn + HCl}$, and are not reduced by zinc alone or by $\ce{H2}$ alone. This reaction is attributed to the hypothesis that the reducing agent is "nascent", or "atomic" hydrogen which could have been produced by a reaction like $$\ce{Zn + 2 H^+ -> Zn^{2+} + 2 H·}$$ which is usually followed by the dimerization $$\ce{2 H· -> H2}$$

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