Question

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If you react Potassium permanganate with the following chemicals - would it stay purple or change color? If it does stay purple, would the Potassium permanganate sink or float?
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Ethanol
Ethylene
Methanol
Cyclohexane
Acetone
Ethylene glycol

Answer 1

Well, if i remember from my days in organic chem lab, we use \[KMNO_{4}\] to determine whether there's an alkene or the presence of an alkene. the KMNO_4 would react with the double bond and the solution would change from purple to colorless to indicate that the KMNO4 reacted with the double bond.

Answer 2

from my experience, it would definitely change color when reacted with ethylene

Answer 3

it's a strong oxidizer so it's gonna steal electrons from wherever it can, double bonds especially