Reaction of an alkene with aqueous potassium permanganate results in addition of two hydroxyl groups to each side of the double bond to form a glycol. To Conduct Demonstration: Pour two samples of ...

Sengupta, K. K., and Aditya, S., Z. Phys. Chem. N.F., 38, 25 (1963).

Reaction of an alkene with aqueous potassium permanganate results in addition of two hydroxyl groups to each side of the double bond to form a glycol. Pour two samples of heptane and two samples of ...

Bromine water is an orange solution of bromine. It becomes colourless when it is shaken with an alkene. Alkenes can decolourise bromine water, but alkanes cannot. The slideshow shows this process.

This process poses challenges including selective addition of bromine at the ortho position ... owing to its better reactivity in aryne reactions and pentafluorophenyl bromide as an electrophilic ...