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Q 12.17     Complete each synthesis by giving missing starting material, reagent or products.

          (i)      \xrightarrow[KOH, heat ]{KMnO_{4}}

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Potassium permanganate oxidise the substituted ethyl group to -COOHgroup and due to presence of KOH, formed carboxylic acid salts (potassium benzoate)

The reaction works when there is a hydrogen attached to the carbon at the benzylic position, which is the position directly next to an aromatic group. 

Carboxylic acids are organic acids that contain a carboxyl group attached to an R-group. The general formula for a carboxylic acid is R−COOH or R−CO?H.

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