We did an experiment called oxidation of toluene. after refluxing the suspension of toluene in alkaline kmno4, the reaction mixture was treated sequentially with sulfuric acid and oxalic acid to isolate benzoic acid. what was the role of oxalic acid?

answer : third trial had the contaminated sample and the correct value for dhrxn should be 1000 kj/mol

explanation :

let us write down the given equations

equation 1 :

equation 2 :

equation 3 :

let us use hess's law to find out which 2 equations can be added to get the third equation.

let us reverse equation 2 and multiply it by 2. the new equation that we get is,

equation 4 :

let us add equation 1 & 4

the above equation is similar to equation 3 but has different value for dhrxn.

therefore third trial had the contaminated sample and the correct value for dhrxn should be 1000 kj/mol

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