Topic: Give the structures of alkenes that gives the products on oxidative cleavage (Read 1375 times)

Jessica508 · « **on:** June 14, 2013, 06:06:04 PM »

Give the structures of alkenes that gives the products on oxidative cleavage with KMnO4 in acidic solution

sjb · « **Reply #1 on:** June 15, 2013, 02:46:56 AM »

Give the structures of alkenes that gives the products on oxidative cleavage with KMnO₄ in acidic solution

For a generic alkene RαRβC=CRγRδ how do you get to carbon dioxide, or an acid, or other under these conditions?