Add 10 to 15 drops of glycerol to the depression in the center of a pile of finely ground potassium permanganate in an evaporating dish on a heat proof surface. Stand back! Within a few seconds, the ...

The ordinary macro-Kjeldahl method was much improved in speed and reliability by using a mixed selenium–mercury catalyst with the usual potassium sulphate; but even in this case some doubt ...

(colorless) (purple) (colorless) (brown ppt.) Reaction of an alkene with aqueous potassium permanganate results in addition of two hydroxyl groups to each side of the double bond to form a glycol. To ...