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What do you observe when ethene is passed through alkaline KMnO4 solution?

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Ethene is oxidised with alkaline KMnO4 at room temperature, the purple colour of KMnO4 decolourises.

H2C=CH2 ethene [ethylene]+H-O-H+[O] cold alkalineOH-CH2CH2OH1,2-Ethane-diol\underset{\text{ ethene [ethylene]}}{\text{H}2\text{C}=\text{C}\text{H}2} + \underset{\text{ cold alkaline}}{\text{H-O-H} + \text{[O]}} \longrightarrow \underset{\text{1,2-Ethane-diol}}{\text{OH-CH}2-\text{CH}2\text{OH}}

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