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Potassium

permanganate

Potassium permanganate is an inorganic compound wit h t he chemical formula KMnO4. It is a


purplish-black cryst alline salt , t hat dissolves in wat er as K+ and MnO−

4, an int ensely pink t o purple


solut ion.
Potassium permanganate

Names

IUPAC name
Potassium manganate(VII)

Other names
Potassium permanganate

Chameleon mineral

Condy's crystals

Permanganate of potash

Hypermangan

Identifiers

CAS Number 7722-64-7 (https://commonchemistry.cas.org/d


etail?cas_ rn=7722-64-7)  

3D model (JSmol) Interactive image (https://chemapps.stolaf.edu/


jmol/jmol.php?model=%5BK%2B%5D.%5BO-%5
D%5BMn%5D%28%3DO%29%28%3DO%29%3D
O)
ChEMBL ChEMBL3833305 (https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chembl
db/index.php/compound/inspect/ChEMBL3833
305)

ChemSpider 22810 (https://www.chemspider.com/Chemical-


Structure.22810.html)

DrugBank DB13831 (https://www.drugbank.ca/drugs/DB13


831)

ECHA InfoCard 100.028.874 (https://echa.europa.eu/substance-


information/-/substanceinfo/100.028.874)

EC Number 231-760-3

KEGG D02053 (https://www.kegg.jp/entry/D02053)  

PubChem CID 516875 (https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/comp


ound/516875)

RTECS number SD6475000

UNII 00OT1QX5U4 (https://fdasis.nlm.nih.gov/srs/srs


direct.jsp?regno=00OT1QX5U4)

UN number 1490

CompTox Dashboard (EPA) DTXSID2034839 (https://comptox.epa.gov/dash


board/chemical/details/DTXSID2034839)

InChI
InChI=1S/K.Mn.4O/q+1;;;;;-1 
Key: VZJVWSHVAAUDKD-UHFFFAOYSA-N 

SMILES
[K+].[O-][Mn](=O)(=O)=O

Properties

Chemical formula KMnO4

Molar mass 158.034 g/mol

Appearance Purplish-bronze-gray needles

purple in solution[1]
Odor odorless

Density 2.7 g/cm3[2]: 4.83 

Melting point 240 °C (464 °F; 513 K) (decomposes)

Solubility in water 76 g/L (25 °C)[2]

250 g/L (65 °C)

Solubility decomposes in alcohol and organic solvents

Magnetic susceptibility (χ) +20.0·10−6 cm3/mol[2]: 4.134 

Refractive index (nD ) 1.59

Structure [3]

Crystal structure Orthorhombic, oP24

Space group Pnma, No. 62

Lattice constant a  = 0.909 nm, b = 0.572 nm, c  = 0.741 nm

Formula units (Z) 4

Thermochemistry

Heat capacity (C ) 119.2 J/mol K

Std molar 171.7 J K−1 mol−1


entropy (S ⦵298)

Std enthalpy of
−813.4 kJ/mol
formation (Δf H⦵298)

Gibbs free energy (Δf G⦵) -713.8 kJ/mol

Pharmacology

ATC code D08AX06 (WHO (https://www.whocc.no/atc_ ddd


_ index/?code=D08AX06) ) V03AB18 (WHO (htt
ps://www.whocc.no/atc_ ddd_ index/?code=V0
3AB18) )

Hazards

GHS labelling:
Pictograms

NFPA 704 (fire diamond)


0
2 1
OX

Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC):

LD50 (median dose) 1090 mg/kg (oral, rat)[4]

Related compounds

Other anions Potassium pertechnetate

Potassium perrhenate

Other cations Sodium permanganate


Ammonium permanganate
Calcium permanganate
Silver permanganate

Related manganates Potassium hypomanganate

Potassium manganate

Related compounds Manganese heptoxide

Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F],
100 kPa).
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Infobox references
Potassium permanganate

Clinical data

License data US DailyMed: Potassium_ permanganate (http


s://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/search.cfm?la
beltype=all&query=Potassium_ permanganate)

Identifiers

CompTox Dashboard (EPA) DTXSID2034839 (https://comptox.epa.gov/dash


board/chemical/details/DTXSID2034839)

ECHA InfoCard 100.028.874 (https://echa.europa.eu/substance-i


nformation/-/substanceinfo/100.028.874)

Potassium permanganate in a vial

Pot assium permanganat e is widely used in t he chemical indust ry and laborat ories as a st rong
oxidizing agent , and also as a medicat ion for dermat it is, for cleaning wounds, and general
disinfect ion. It is on t he World Healt h Organizat ion's List of Essent ial Medicines.[5] In 2000,
worldwide product ion was est imat ed at 30,000 t onnes.[5]
Uses

History

Preparation

Structure

Reactions

Safety and handling

References

Further reading

External links

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