Question

What will you observe on adding 5 alkaline potassium permanganate?

Answer 1

Answer:

On adding 5% alkaline potassium permanganate solution drop by drop to some warm ethanol, we would observe that the purple color of potassium permanganate starts disappearing; the product formed by this process; ethanoic acid can turn blue litmus red.

Alkaline KMno4;heat

C2H5OH+ 2[O] --------------------------->CH3COOH +

or acidified K2Cr2O7 H20