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Q. Potassium permanganate acts as an oxidant in alkaline and acidic media. The final products formed from $ KMn{{O}_{4}} $ in the two conditions are respectively:

KEAMKEAM 2005

Solution:

In acidic medium: $ \overset{+7}{\mathop{KMn{{O}_{4}}}}\,\xrightarrow{{}}\overset{+2}{\mathop{MnS{{O}_{4}}}}\, $
In weak basic medium: $ KMn{{O}_{4}}\xrightarrow{{}}Mn{{O}_{2}} $