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Offline iamash

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Hydrocarbon Reaction Question
« on: January 07, 2014, 07:07:31 PM »
Hey!
I'm going through my chemistry textbook and found this question:
Write the equation of the following: the reaction of propene with potassium permanganate (KMnO4).

I'm not sure how they'd react; would it be an addition reaction (if so, how would permanganate ion make a covalent bond with the carbon). Or perhaps its a substitution reaction where the K replaces an H atom which then bonds with permanganate to form HMnO4.

Does anyone have any idea of how they'd react?
Thanks, Ash! ;D

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Re: Hydrocarbon Reaction Question
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2014, 07:27:08 PM »
The oxidation number of the manganese ion in potassium permanganate is +7.

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Re: Hydrocarbon Reaction Question
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2014, 12:36:07 AM »
Development Chemists do it on Scale, Research Chemists just do it!
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