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Offline ch3mical115

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removal of ethyl groups using potassium manganate
« on: September 12, 2018, 05:26:33 PM »
For a compound containing multiple ethyl groups; or an ethyl group and a second group, perhaps an acetyl group, which contains CH3 as a subgroup; is it possible to perform a reaction to yield a change of the ethyl group to a carboxyl group without affecting the acetyl group? I have heard discussion of using potassium manganate (KMnO4) to enact such a chemical change, but would the CH3 on the end of the acetyl group be affected as well?

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Re: removal of ethyl groups using potassium manganate
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2018, 05:29:07 PM »
my mistake I had the terms ethyl and methyl confused this post concerns methyl groups ie CH3

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