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 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 color to show the presence of an unsaturated carbon-carbon (-5[1])double bond in Baeyer’s test. Due to the +7 oxidation state of its central atom, this anion is a strong oxidizing agent when bonded to (10[2])potassium. For 10 points, purple (-5[1])solutions are produced by what polyatomic anion composed of four oxygens around a manganese atom? (0[2])■END■

ANSWER: permanganate [accept potassium permanganate or permanganate index; accept MnO4 before“manganese”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Monish JampalaGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech B90-5
Kevin ParkClaremontGeorgia Tech C11510
Blake EnwillerVanderbilt ABelmont11510
Yuxuan LuVanderbilt BUSN A120-5
Matthew SumanenGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech A1350
Ophelia Cherry-PulayUSN AVanderbilt B1350

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