1. Tardigrade
  2. Question
  3. Chemistry
  4. Oxidation of 1-butene with hot KMnO4 solution produces

Question Error Report

Thank you for reporting, we will resolve it shortly

Back to Question

Q. Oxidation of $1$-butene with hot $ KMn{{O}_{4}} $ solution produces

ManipalManipal 2008Hydrocarbons

Solution:

Oxidation of $1$-butene first gives a mixture of propionic acid and formic acid. Formic acid, however, gets further oxidised to $ C{{O}_{2}} $ and $ {{H}_{2}}O $ .