
Grade 12th passOrganic Chemistry
When t-butanol and n-butanol are separately treated with a few drops of dilute KMnO base 4, in one case only the purple colour disappears and a brown precipitate is formed. Which of the two alcohols gives the above reaction and what is the brown precipitate ?
When t-butanol and n-butanol are separately treated with a few drops of dilute KMnO base 4, in one case only the purple colour disappears and a brown precipitate is formed. Which of the two alcohols gives the above reaction and what is the brown precipitate ?




