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"Scientists make synthetic substances by arranging atoms and molecules in the lab. They use what they know about different types of atoms and molecules to arrange them and make the kinds of substances they want.
Synthetic medicines aren’t any different at the atomic level from the natural medicines found in the rainforest. After all, molecules are just molecules—whether they’re made in nature or in a lab, the same types of atoms arranged in the same ways always form the same molecules that behave in the same ways."

At the atomic level, are synthetic medicines different from natural medicines?
Explain your thinking.

answer: - 3.) the oxidation state of nitrogen in no changes from +2 to 0, and the oxidation state of carbon in co changes from +2 to +4 as the reaction proceeds.

solution: - as per the rules, oxidation number of oxygen in its compounds is -2. the sum of oxidation numbers of all the elements of a molecule or compound is zero.

also, the oxidation number in elemental form is zero.

in no, the oxidation number of o is -2 so the oxidation number of n is +2 so that the sum is zero.

similarly, the oxidation number of c in co is +2 and o is -2.

on product side the oxidation number of n is 0 as it is in the elemental form() .

oxidation number of c in carbon dioxide is +4 as there are two oxygen in it and we know that each oxygen is -2.

so, oxidation number of n is changing from +2 to 0 and the oxidation number of c is changing from +2 to +4.

since nitrogen is reduced and hence no is acting as an oxidizing agent. carbon is oxidized and so co is acting as a reducing agent.

so, the right choice is number 3.)the oxidation state of nitrogen in no changes from +2 to 0, and the oxidation state of carbon in co changes from +2 to +4 as the reaction proceeds.