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Question
What do you observe when ethene is passed through an alkaline KMnO4 solution?
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Solution
When ethylene is passed through cold alkaline KMnO4 solution 1, 2-ethanediol is formed. The purple colour of KMnO4 decolorizes.
\[\begin{array}{cc}
\ce{CH2 = CH2 + H - O - H + [O] -> CH2 - CH2}\\
\phantom{.................................}|\phantom{.......}|\\
\phantom{...................................}\ce{OH}\phantom{....}\ce{OH}
\end{array}\]
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