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It’s not a rearrangement, but one reaction of this type can produce the deprecated nylon precursor caprolactone by reacting cyclohexanone with peracetic acid. That reaction of this type generally forms an ester from a ketone in the presence of a peroxyacid. A reagent of chromium trioxide in aqueous sulfuric acid is used in one reaction of this type named for (10[1])Jones. (10[2])Pure elements (-5[1])always have a value of 0 for this process’s (-5[1])namesake “number”. This process, which is represented by the start of the mnemonic OIL RIG (“oil rig”), is what causes (-5[1])iron to rust. For (10[1])10 points, name this kind of reaction where a species loses electrons, contrasted with reduction. ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: oxidation [or oxidization; accept Jones oxidation or Baeyer-Villiger oxidation; accept oxidation number; prompt on corrosion or word forms]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Derek Chen (UG)Columbia A (UG)NYU A (UG)5910
Jason Qin (DII)Columbia J (DII)Penn A (DII)6010
Xavier Bomhorst (DII)Maryland A (DII)Rutgers A (UG)6010
Alex Lin (DII)Rutgers BNYU B62-5
Sidhant Chaliha (DII)Princeton A (UG)Bard A (UG)71-5
Joseph McCusker (DII)Fordham AColumbia B89-5
Rohit Chintala (DII)Maryland B (DII)Rowan A (DII)9310
Greta Hong (DII)Bard A (UG)Princeton A (UG)10910
Alexandra Duan (DII)Columbia BFordham A10910
Vinayak Singh BhadoriyaNYU BRutgers B10910

Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY9100%0%33%88.00
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY9100%0%22%76.56
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY786%0%43%84.83
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY14100%0%36%87.29
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%0%66.78
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY1100%0%0%60.00
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY7100%0%43%85.57
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%22%70.89