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Q. When ethylene is passed into cold, dilute alkaline $ KMn{{O}_{4}}, $ the product is:

JIPMERJIPMER 1997

Solution:

In this reaction, ethylene is oxidised to glycol. $ C{{H}_{2}}=C{{H}_{2}}\xrightarrow[(alk.)]{dil.\,KMn{{O}_{4}}}\underset{\text{Glycol}}{\mathop{C{{H}_{2}}OH-C{{H}_{2}}OH}}\, $