Editing Oxidizing agent (section)

==Atom-transfer reagents==
In more common usage, an oxidizing agent transfers oxygen atoms to a substrate. In this context, the oxidizing agent can be called an oxygenation reagent or oxygen-atom transfer (OAT) agent.<ref>{{March6th}}</ref> Examples include {{chem|MnO|4|-}} ([[permanganate]]), {{chem|CrO|4|2-}} ([[Chromate ion|chromate]]), OsO<sub>4</sub> ([[osmium tetroxide]]), and especially {{chem|ClO|4|-}} ([[perchlorate]]). Notice that these species are all [[oxide]]s.

In some cases, these oxides can also serve as electron acceptors, as illustrated by the conversion of {{chem|MnO|4|-}} to {{chem|MnO|4|2-}},ie [[permanganate]] to [[manganate]].

===Common oxidizing agents===
*[[Oxygen]] (O<sub>2</sub>)
*[[Ozone]] (O<sub>3</sub>)
*[[Hydrogen peroxide]] (H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>) and other inorganic [[peroxide]]s, [[Fenton's reagent]]
*[[Fluorine]] (F<sub>2</sub>), [[chlorine]] (Cl<sub>2</sub>), and other [[halogen]]s
*[[Nitric acid]] (HNO<sub>3</sub>) and [[nitrate]] compounds such as [[potassium nitrate]] (KNO<sub>3</sub>), the oxidizer in [[black powder]]
*[[Potassium chlorate]] (KClO<sub>3</sub>) 
*[[Xenon difluoride]] (XeF<sub>2</sub>)
*[[Xenon tetrafluoride]] (XeF<sub>4</sub>)
*[[Xenon hexafluoride]] (XeF<sub>6</sub>)
*[[Krypton difluoride]] (KrF<sub>2</sub>)
*[[Sulfur]] (S<sub>8</sub>)
*[[Peroxydisulfuric acid]] (H<sub>2</sub>S<sub>2</sub>O<sub>8</sub>)
*[[Peroxymonosulfuric acid]] (H<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>5</sub>)
*[[Hypochlorite]], [[chlorite]], [[chlorate]], [[perchlorate]], and other analogous [[halogen]] oxyanions
*Fluorides of [[chlorine fluoride|chlorine]], [[bromine fluoride|bromine]], and [[iodine fluoride|iodine]]
*Hexavalent [[chromium]] compounds such as [[chromic acid|chromic and dichromic acids and chromium trioxide]], [[pyridinium chlorochromate]] (PCC), and [[Chromate and dichromate|chromate/dichromate]] compounds such as [[Sodium dichromate]] (Na<sub>2</sub>Cr<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub>)
*[[Permanganate]] compounds such as [[potassium permanganate]] (KMnO<sub>4</sub>)
*[[Sodium perborate]] ({{chem|[|Na|+|]|2}}·{{chem|[|B|2|O|4|(|OH|)|4|]|2-}})
*[[Nitrous oxide]] (N<sub>2</sub>O), [[Nitrogen dioxide]]/[[Dinitrogen tetroxide]] (NO<sub>2</sub> / N<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>)
*[[Sodium bismuthate]] (NaBiO<sub>3</sub>)
*Cerium (IV) compounds such as [[ceric ammonium nitrate]] and [[ceric sulfate]]
*[[Lead dioxide]] (PbO<sub>2</sub>)