Question

Heating an aqueous solution of a salt of this anion and sulfuric acid is used to measure the “[this anion] index” of water quality. The Kappa number of pulp is (-5[1])determined by measuring the consumption of a salt with this anion. A salt of this anion and osmium tetroxide are commonly used in the syn dihydroxylation of alkenes. Heating alkylbenzenes with an aqueous solution of a salt with this anion produces benzoates. A solution with this anion changes to a (*) brown (-5[1])color to show the presence of an unsaturated carbon-carbon double bond in Baeyer’s (-5[1])test. Due to the +7 oxidation state of its central (-5[1])atom, this (10[1])anion is a strong oxidizing agent when bonded to potassium. For 10 points, purple solutions are produced by (10[1])what polyatomic anion composed of four oxygens around a manganese (10[1])atom? (10[2]0[1])■END■

ANSWER: permanganate [accept potassium permanganate or permanganate index; accept MnO4 before“manganese”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Pranav SivaramOhioStanford30-5
Teigue KellyPenn State AVassar81-5
Enina EdosomwanCase WesternMichigan A94-5
JD KrothIowa StateMichigan B104-5
Neal JoshiWUSTLMichigan C10610
Eric GunterNorth CarolinaPenn State B12410
Sam MacchiVassarPenn State A13410
Andrew ZengStanfordOhio13510
Kevin ZhengMichigan BIowa State1350
Dennis YangMichigan ACase Western13510

Summary

2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y667%0%33%126.25
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y475%0%75%127.00
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y450%0%50%115.00
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y683%0%67%126.80
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y2100%0%50%126.00