Hydrocarbons 2 Question 75
80. State with balanced equation, what happens when “propene is bubbled through a hot aqueous solution of potassium permanganate.”?
(1982, 1M)
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Solution:
- $\mathrm{CH}{3} \mathrm{CH}=\mathrm{CH}{2}+\mathrm{KMnO}{4}($ aq $) \xrightarrow{\Delta} \mathrm{CH}{3}-\underset{\text { | }}{\mathrm{CH}}-\underset{\text { | }}{\mathrm{CH}{2}}+\mathrm{MnO}{2}$