Potassium

permanganate
KMnO4
An Important Compounds of Transition Elements
 Preparation
● Potassium permanganate - KMnO4
● Obtained from pyrolusite ore - MnO2
 Preparation
● K2MnO4 disproportionates in a neutral or acidic solution to give permanganate.

COMMERCIALLY
 Preparation
In the laboratory, a manganese (II) ion salt is oxidised by peroxodisulphate to permanganate.

● The hydrogen ion concentration of the solution plays an important part in influencing the reaction.
 Properties
It has two physical properties:
● intense colour- purple
● weak temperature dependent paramagnetism

The manganate and permanganate ions are tetrahedral; the green manganate is paramagnetic with one unpaired electron but the
permanganate is diamagnetic.

● The π-bonding takes place by overlap of p orbitals of oxygen with d orbitals of manganese
 Oxidising reactions of KMnO4

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MnO4 –
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 USES

Oxidant in Bleaching of wool, Decolourisation of

preparative organic cotton, silk and oils
chemistry. other textile fibres