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Q.Baeyer's reagent is —

(a) acidified potassium dichromate
(b) alkaline potassium dichromate
(c) alkaline potassium permanganate
(d) acidified potassium permanganate
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Baeyer's reagent is cold, dilute, alkaline KMnO4KMnO_4, used to test for unsaturation and to convert alkenes into vicinal diols.

Baeyer's reagent is a cold, dilute, alkaline (basic) solution of potassium permanganate. It is used as a test for carbon-carbon unsaturation (alkenes/alkynes): the purple colour of KMnO4KMnO_4 is decolourised as it oxidatively adds across the double bo …

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