Chemistry Question - Please help!

[kinggori]

Hi guys,

Can someone please help me out here.
What is the balanced chemical equation for the oxidation of acetone (to produce CH3COOH + HCOOH) using potassium permanganate KMnO4(aq)?
The equation is probably ionic.

Thanks :)

[kinggori]

any chem whiz here?

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what about one question with A, B, c, d... etc. parts to it?

[kinggori]

what about one question with A, B, c, d... etc. parts to it?

:lol:

[15-20_God]

did you try taking the square root of it yet and multiplying it by itself?

[kinggori]

did you try taking the square root of it yet and multiplying it by itself?

this is beautiful chemistry not ugly mathematics :rolleyes:

[15-20_God]

this is beautiful chemistry not ugly mathematics :rolleyes:

so what else have you been doing for the past 4 hours other than trying to figure out this problem?

[kinggori]

so what else have you been doing for the past 4 hours other than trying to figure out this problem?

What else have you been doing for the past couple of hours other than typing useless replies in RFD threads? :cheesygri

[15-20_God]

What else have you been doing for the past couple of hours other than typing useless replies in RFD threads? :cheesygri

nothing, but then again i don't have any homework to do.

[xIcewind]

Actually, I'm not really sure about the products of the reductant in a reaction of a ketone... ><. Damn.

Maybe Manganese Dioxide?

[kinggori]

Actually, I'm not really sure about the products of the reductant in a reaction of a ketone... ><. Damn.

Maybe Manganese Dioxide?

Thanks for the info...
ya manganese dioxide is formed (when the KMnO4 is reduced) but the acetone must be oxidized... supposedly forming acetic acid and formic acid :confused:

so there are 2 half ionic equations: one is reduction of KMnO4 to manganese dioxide. the other is oxidation of acetone, so its this second one which i cant do...

[xIcewind]

You mean

MnO4- + C3H6O -> C2H4O2 + CO2H2 doesn't balance?

It looks like it should, somehow...

What's your question anyways? If this is a lab assignment question asking for the equation for the reaction, it's might be looking for MnO4,H+ over the reaction arrow.