A student placed 2 drops of an unknown sample in a test tube and added 2 mL of ethanol to the test tube while mixing gently. They added 2 drops of potassium permanganate reagent to the test tube and mixed the contents of the test tube gently. The initial color was a deep purple but then changed to a yellow color which precipitates as a brown solid. What compound is most likely the unknown

8 carbon atoms forming single bonds with 18 hydrogen atoms; a triple bond exists between the third and fourth carbon atom from the right

explanation:

alkaline metals are lithium, sodium, rubidium, potassium, cesium and francium.

alkali metals have electronegativity from 0.7 to 1, lowest in periodic table of elements, which means that alkali metals (i group in periodic table) has positive oxidation number in compounds.

electronegativity is a chemical property that describes the tendency of an atom to attract a shared pair of electrons towards itself.

alkaline metals (far left in main group) have lowest ionizations energy and easy remove valence electrons,

for example, potassium is the alkali metal and has a single valence electron in the outer electron shell.

electron configuration of potassium is: ₁₉k 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶4s¹.

they can not exist alone in nature, because they are very reactive.

2b2t

explanation:

2b2t