Why we use basic KMnO4 to oxidize organic compound??

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anor277
Jan 7, 2018

Well, you will have to look for specific details....

Explanation:

But permanganate in BASE is a one-electron oxidant that is REDUCED to green manganate ion....

#underbrace(MnO_4^(-))_"deep orange-red permanganate"+e^(-) rarr underbrace(MnO_4^(2-))_"green manganate ion"#

And while we got a #Mn(+VI)# species, we still got a high-valent metal salt, that can perform a specific oxidation of some organic species.

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