Balancing complex redox reactions (oxidation-reduction processes) in organic chemistry often
presents a problem. Especially if the initial organic compound decomposes into several substances
during the oxidation process. In general, although there are several different methods for balancing
such organic redox reactions, most of them do not provide a clear picture of the oxidation states of
carbon atoms in the molecule. The new method we propose shows how bonds in organic
compounds are balanced when they are broken by a heterolytic mechanism, and what numerical
values have the overall oxidation states of carbon atoms in the compounds before and after the
reaction.