Sometimes there are reactions written in like 10 steps, where I could easily weed out some of the unnecessary steps (such as writing up a whole step for a proton dissociating alone).
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So is the second way of doing it accepted as well, or do you
need to write up intermediates sometimes? Can I technically put in as many arrows as I want, as long as it still makes sense (as well as being clear and understandable, of course! I'm not talking about 30 arrows per step
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) with regard to currently added reagents, catalysts etc.?