[svalbard]

It's been a while since general chemistry and I'm running into a mental wall on balancing a few equations for organic chemistry - A little help to get me going would be greatly appreciated.

Question 1:

Potassium benzoate C₆H₅CO₂K can be prepared from benzyl alcohol, C₆H₅CH₂OH, and potassium permanganate KMnO₄  in aqueous KOH.  The manganese is converted to MnO₂

So, my attempt to balance has left me scratching my head

C₆H₅CH₂OH + KMnO₄  C₆H₅CO₂K +MnO₂

Question: Since it states aqueous KOH, where does that apply in balancing out this?

What would be the balanced equation?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[Borek]

http://www.chembuddy.com/?left=balancing-stoichiometry&right=balancing-redox