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Product of an oxidation-reduction reaction

I have a lot of trouble finding the products of these kind of reaction.

KMnO4 + H2O2 + NaOH --> ?????

Also, I don't know when the acid/base is used just to make the solution acid/basic and when it participates indeed of the reaction.

Thanks
Original post by jonaskw
I have a lot of trouble finding the products of these kind of reaction.

KMnO4 + H2O2 + NaOH --> ?????

Also, I don't know when the acid/base is used just to make the solution acid/basic and when it participates indeed of the reaction.

Thanks


Redox reactions are often different in acidic and basic media. There is no way to 'know' the products you just have to learn them.

(well there is, but it is complicated and involves Frost diagrams and redox potentials)
(edited 9 years ago)

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