Reagent is a substance or compound which is added to a system in order to bring about a chemical reaction or is added to see if a reaction occurs. For example: Baeyer's reagent is an alkaline solution of potassium permanganate; used in organic chemistry as a qualitative test for the presence of unsaturation, such as double bonds.
Dear manisha, Though these two terms are used often interchangeably,
reactant and reagent are not the same. Reactant is the same as a
substrate of chemical reaction involved in product formation. While
reagent is considered as additional compound that causes chemical
reaction (i.e. catalyst may be considered as reagent) or is used for
analytical analysis of the reaction (i.e., Fehling's reagent used for
differentiation of carbohydrate and ketone groups).
manisha
19.07.15, 09:34
thanks for the answer .....so i.e mean reagent and reactant are
different please explain with example.
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Dear manisha, Though these two terms are used often interchangeably, reactant and reagent are not the same. Reactant is the same as a substrate of chemical reaction involved in product formation. While reagent is considered as additional compound that causes chemical reaction (i.e. catalyst may be considered as reagent) or is used for analytical analysis of the reaction (i.e., Fehling's reagent used for differentiation of carbohydrate and ketone groups).
thanks for the answer .....so i.e mean reagent and reactant are different please explain with example.
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