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Grade 11Organic Chemistry

what is the oxidation number of MnO-4 why it couldn’t be 4 of 7

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10 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Ashutosh Mohan Sharma
10 Years ago
We know that contribution of O is -2. Let oxidation number of Mn be X
therefore X – 4*2 = -1
on solving this we get X = +7
Hence oxidation number of Mn is +7 in the given compound