[Archer]

pretty much playing with reagents at my disposal.

To what end?

Are you a student doing some work or are you a home enthusiast?

[discodermolide]

It is always good to experiment, but not speculate.
You need to have the proper analytical tools available to use when required. They don't have to be high tech, just informative.

[bimmer3]

What would the procedure be for the oxidation / amounts of reagents? And after the reaction would I need to separate it at all before doing the condensation?

[discodermolide]

have a read here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxidation_of_secondary_alcohols_to_ketones

And you would need to purify your product, distillation, crystallisation, column chromatography etc. before using it in the next reaction.

[bimmer3]

have a read here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxidation_of_secondary_alcohols_to_ketones

And you would need to purify your product, distillation, crystallisation, column chromatography etc. before using it in the next reaction.

Yeah i'm just trying to figure out procedural wise I need to do the oxidation. And what amount of my alcohol and KMnO4 I need. I know I have to keep the reaction under 80 degrees, but I'm not sure on the amounts of the reagents.

[discodermolide]

What is the extent of your chemical experience? Because if you don't know how to work out the amounts of reactants should you even be doing this at all?