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Hey

I can't find the material for this online or I don't know how to word it right to get results.
So I'm trying to figure out how to predict an outcome of a chemical reaction using octet style of pattern.
Is there anything like this? Please!

[Babcock_Hall]

With respect, your question is a little vague.  However, a good rule is never to exceed eight electrons for C, N, O, and F.  Intermediates can have less than eight electrons.

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With respect, your question is a little vague.  However, a good rule is never to exceed eight electrons for C, N, O, and F.  Intermediates can have less than eight electrons.

What i meant was, for example how sodium benzoate in reaction with vit c creates benzene, how to prove it?

[Babcock_Hall]

There is a good deal of empiricism in chemistry.  If no one has done a reaction before and it looks plausible on paper, then we go into the lab and try it.