Editing Oxidizing agent (section)

==Electron acceptors==
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[[file:Tetracyanoquinodimethane Formula V.1.svg|thumb|right|100px|[[Tetracyanoquinodimethane]] is an organic electron-acceptor.]]
[[Electron acceptor]]s participate in [[electron-transfer reactions]]. In this context, the oxidizing agent is called an ''electron acceptor'' and the reducing agent is called an ''electron donor''. A classic oxidizing agent is the [[Ferrocenium tetrafluoroborate|ferrocenium]] ion {{chem|Fe(C|5|H|5|)|2|+}}, which accepts an electron to form Fe(C<sub>5</sub>H<sub>5</sub>)<sub>2</sub>.  One of the strongest acceptors commercially available is "[[Magic blue]]", the radical cation derived from N(C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>4</sub>-4-Br)<sub>3</sub>.<ref name=Geiger>{{cite journal|author=N. G. Connelly, W. E. Geiger| title=Chemical Redox Agents for Organometallic Chemistry|journal=[[Chemical Reviews]]|year= 1996| volume= 96|issue=2| pages= 877–910| doi=10.1021/cr940053x| pmid=11848774}}</ref>

Extensive tabulations of ranking the electron accepting properties of various reagents (redox potentials) are available, see [[Standard electrode potential (data page)]].