smhjn17 Posted December 28, 2015 Posted December 28, 2015 Theoritically we have read that ketones do not get directly oxidized by potassium permanganate aqueous solution. However, when I tried doing so with acetone, the pink color did diffuse to red, then orange and then yellow;but very gradually. This means acetone was oxidized by kmno4! How should I account for this?
John Cuthber Posted December 30, 2015 Posted December 30, 2015 Acetone is very slowly oxidised by permanganate, but the reaction isn't useful since it produces a number of different products.
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