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

ANSWER: permanganate [accept potassium permanganate or permanganate index; accept MnO4 before“manganese”]
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2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y667%0%33%126.25
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