In the reaction of oxalate with permanganate in acidic medium, the number of electrons involved in producing one molecule of is:

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In the reaction of oxalate with permanganate in acidic medium, the number of electrons involved in producing one molecule of  is:

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🧠 One CO₂ Comes from One Carbon — and Each Carbon Loses One Electron

Read this slowly. The question is about the oxalate–permanganate reaction in acidic medium. You probably remember the full balanced equation. But the question is not asking about the full reaction. It is asking: per one molecule of , how many electrons are involved?

So before reaching for , focus only on the oxalate half-reaction. Oxalate is the species being oxidised — it gives up electrons, and those electrons end up on pe

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