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Tag: alkenes

A test for unsaturated compounds in which potassium per­manganate is used. Alkenes, for ex­ample, are oxidised to glycols, and the permanganate loses its colour: 3R2C=CR2 + 2KMnO4 + 4H2O → 2MnO2 + 2KOH + 3R2COHR2COH

Akram Amir El Ali
December 2, 2013

Compounds that contain the group >C=C=C<, in which three carbon atoms are linked by two adja­cent double bonds. The outer carbon atoms are each linked to two other atoms or groups by single bonds. The simplest example is 1,2-propadiene, CH2CCH2 . Allenes are dienes with typical reactions of alkenes. Under basic conditions. they often convert

Akram Amir El Ali
November 30, 2013

A dark brown powder, a hydrated form of platinum (IV) oxide (PtO2), produced by heating chloroplatinic acid (H2PtC16) with sodium nitrate (NaNO3). Platinum ni­trate is produced, and this decom­poses to Platinum (IV) oxide with evolution of NO2 and oxygen. It is used in hydrogenations of alkenes to alkanes, nitro compounds to aminos, and ketones to

Akram Amir El Ali
November 30, 2013