Primary alcohols are readily oxidized by acidified potassium manganate (VII) to form carboxylic acids without isolating the intermediate aldehyde. Potassium manganate (VII) is a strong oxidizing agent that oxidizes the alcohol to an unstable aldehyde intermediate which then further oxidizes to the carboxylic acid product, evidenced by the solution changing color from purple to colorless and brown manganese dioxide precipitating out.
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The mechanism of primary alcohol oxidation by acidified potassium manganate
Primary alcohols are readily oxidized by acidified potassium manganate (VII) to form carboxylic acids without isolating the intermediate aldehyde. Potassium manganate (VII) is a strong oxidizing agent that oxidizes the alcohol to an unstable aldehyde intermediate which then further oxidizes to the carboxylic acid product, evidenced by the solution changing color from purple to colorless and brown manganese dioxide precipitating out.
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Primary alcohols are readily oxidized by acidified potassium manganate (VII) to form carboxylic acids without isolating the intermediate aldehyde. Potassium manganate (VII) is a strong oxidizing agent that oxidizes the alcohol to an unstable aldehyde intermediate which then further oxidizes to the carboxylic acid product, evidenced by the solution changing color from purple to colorless and brown manganese dioxide precipitating out.
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The mechanism of primary alcohol oxidation by acidified
potassium manganate (VII)
Primary alcohols are easily oxidized. Potassium manganate (VII) is a
strong oxidizing agent as compared to potassium dichromate (VI). For potassium manganate (VII), it is impossible to extract the aldehyde formed. The only product is the carboxylic acid.
The mechanism of primary alcohol by acidified potassium
manganate (VII) is as shown below:
The aldehyde is formed as an intermediate, but it is unstable under
the reaction conditions and cannot be isolated. There is a colour change that accompanies the reaction - the purple solution of KMnO4 turns colourless and brown precipitate of MnO2 is formed.
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