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COMEDK · Chemistry · 23. d and f Block Elements

The permanganate ion in acid medium acts as an oxidant and gets converted to its lower oxidation state. What would be the spin only magnetic moment of such reduced manganese ion?

  1. A 5.92 BM
  2. B 2.84 BM
  3. C 3.87 BM
  4. D 4.90 BM
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(A) 5.92 BM

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In an acidic medium, the permanganate ion (\(MnO_{4}^{-}\)) acts as an oxidizing agent and is reduced to the manganese(II) ion (\(Mn^{2+}\)). The oxidation state of manganese in \(MnO_{4}^{-}\) is \(+7\). In the acidic medium, the half-reaction is…