I am working on the following lab: OXIDATION OF BENZYL ALCOHOL : for this experi

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I am working on the following lab: OXIDATION OF BENZYL ALCOHOL : for this experiment which reagent is the limiting reagent?

after I did the math the result showed me the benzyl alcohol as the limiting reagent

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"Place 150 mL of 0.5 N NaOH into a 500 mL three-neck round-bottom flask. Dilute the solution by adding 50 mL of distilled H2O. Add 2.2 g of benzyl alcohol into the flask and swirl well. Attach a water condenser to the center neck and stopper the other two necks. Attach a 500 mL heating mantle and begin gentle heating (Variac %) Weigh 6.3 g of KMnO4. Add approximately half of the permanganate to the flask through one of the side necks of the round bottom. Potassium permanganate is purple in aqueous solution."

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I am working on the following lab: OXIDATION OF BENZYL ALCOHOL : for this experi

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