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Given your own results and the data provided, a partial mechanism for the reaction may be...

Given your own results and the data provided, a partial mechanism for the reaction may be proposed as:

MnO4- +C6H5CH2OH + H+ = an intermediate

Write a sentence to explain why such a mechanism is flawed? and a proposal of a better mechanism?

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MnO4- + C6H5CH2OH + H+ = intermediate

The given mechanism is considered as flawed because trimolecular collisions are not realistic, it occurs rarely.

The balanced equation for the reaction of MnO4- with benzyl alcohol in acidic medium will be:

4MnO4- + 12 H+ + 5C6H5CH2OH = 5C6H5COOH + 4 Mn2+ 11 H2O

Thus, reaction is a type of redox reaction in which KMnO4- is reduced to Mn2+ and C6H5CH2OH is oxidized into C6H5COOH.

KMnO4 = Mn2+ ( reduction)

C6H5CH2OH = C6H5COOH (oxidation)

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