Chemistry:Potassium hypomanganate

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Potassium hypomanganate
Names
IUPAC names
potassium manganate(V)
potassium tetraoxidomanganate(3−)
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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Properties[1]
K3MnO4
Molar mass 236.229 g·mol−1
Appearance bright blue solid
Density 2.78 g/cm3
Melting point 900 °C (1,650 °F; 1,170 K) (decomposes)
UV-vismax) 670 nm
(ε = 900 dm3 mol−1 cm−1)
Related compounds
Other anions
Potassium manganate
Potassium permanganate
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Potassium hypomanganate is the inorganic compound with the formula K
3
MnO
4
. Also known as potassium manganate(V), this bright blue solid is a rare example of a salt with the hypomanganate or manganate(V) anion, where the manganese atom is in the +5 oxidation state. It is an intermediate in the production of potassium permanganate and the industrially most important Mn(V) compound.[2]

Properties

Potassium hypomanganate is oxidized in water to potassium manganate:[3]

2 K3MnO4 + H2O + 0.5 O2 → 2 KOH + 2 K2MnO4

However, it undergoes disproportionation in acidic solutions producing manganese dioxide and potassium permanganate.[3]

In the absence of moisture, it is stable up to 900 °C. Above that temperature, it decomposes to potassium oxide, manganese(II,III) oxide, and oxygen.[4]

Preparative routes

The solid salt can be produced by the reaction of potassium carbonate and manganese carbonate in the presence of oxygen at 800 °C.[3] However, in the industrial process of producing potassium permanganate, it is produced by fusing manganese dioxide and potassium hydroxide. The resulting hypomanganate further reacts with water to produce manganate.[2]

A solution of potassium hypomanganate is produced:

MnO
4
+ SO2−
3
+ H
2
O → MnO3−
4
+ SO2−
4
+ 2 H+
2 MnO2−
4
+ H
2
O
2
+ 2 OH
→ 2 MnO3−
4
+ O
2
+ 2 H
2
O
  • by the single-electron reduction of potassium manganate with mandelate in 3–10 M potassium hydroxide solution;[1]
2 MnO2−
4
+ C
8
H
7
O
3
+ 2 OH
→ 2 MnO3−
4
+ C
8
H
5
O
3
+ 2 H
2
O
  • by disproportionation when manganese dioxide is dissolved in a concentrated solution of potassium hydroxide;[5]
2 MnO
2
+ 3 OH
→ MnO3−
4
+ MnOOH + H
2
O

The compound is unstable due to the tendency of the hypomanganate anion to disproportionate in all but the most alkaline solutions.[5][6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lee, Donald G.; Chen, Tao (1993), "Reduction of manganate(VI) by mandelic acid and its significance for development of a general mechanism of oxidation of organic compounds by high-valent transition metal oxides", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 115 (24): 11231–36, doi:10.1021/ja00077a023 .
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kenneth Pisarczyk (2005). "Manganese Compounds" (in en). Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. doi:10.1002/0471238961.1301140716091901.a01.pub2. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Tupec, Josef (2001). Interoperational analytical control during the production of potassium permanganate (PDF) (Diploma thesis).
  4. H. Peters; K.-H. Radeke; L. Till (1966). "Über das thermische Verhalten von Kaliummanganat(V), -(VI) und -(VII)" (in de). Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie 346 (1-2): 1-11. doi:10.1002/zaac.19663460102. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Cotton, F. Albert; Wilkinson, Geoffrey (1980), Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (4th ed.), New York: Wiley, p. 746, ISBN 0-471-02775-8 .
  6. 6.0 6.1 Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1984). Chemistry of the Elements. Oxford: Pergamon Press. pp. 1221–22. ISBN 978-0-08-022057-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=OezvAAAAMAAJ&q=0-08-022057-6&dq=0-08-022057-6&source=bl&ots=m4tIRxdwSk&sig=XQTTjw5EN9n5z62JB3d0vaUEn0Y&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UoAWUN7-EM6ziQfyxIDoCQ&ved=0CD8Q6AEwBA. .
  7. Lee, Donald G.; Chen, Tao (1989), "Oxidation of hydrocarbons. 18. Mechanism of the reaction between permanganate and carbon-carbon double bonds", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 111 (19): 7534–38, doi:10.1021/ja00201a039 .