Chemistry:Potassium hypomanganate
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 potassium manganate(V) 
potassium tetraoxidomanganate(3−)  | |
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| 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-vis (λmax) | 670 nm (ε = 900 dm3 mol−1 cm−1)  | 
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Other anions 
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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
3MnO
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:
- by two-electron reduction of potassium permanganate with excess potassium sulfite;[5][6]
 
- MnO−
4 + SO2−
3 + H
2O → MnO3−
4 + SO2−
4 + 2 H+ 
- by the single-electron reduction of potassium manganate with hydrogen peroxide in 10 M potassium hydroxide solution;[7]
 
- 2 MnO2−
4 + H
2O
2 + 2 OH−
→ 2 MnO3−
4 + O
2 + 2 H
2O 
- by the single-electron reduction of potassium manganate with mandelate in 3–10 M potassium hydroxide solution;[1]
 
- 2 MnO2−
4 + C
8H
7O−
3 + 2 OH−
→ 2 MnO3−
4 + C
8H
5O−
3 + 2 H
2O 
- by disproportionation when manganese dioxide is dissolved in a concentrated solution of potassium hydroxide;[5]
 
- 2 MnO
2 + 3 OH−
→ MnO3−
4 + MnOOH + H
2O 
The compound is unstable due to the tendency of the hypomanganate anion to disproportionate in all but the most alkaline solutions.[5][6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 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.
 - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kenneth Pisarczyk (2005). "Manganese Compounds" (in en). Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. doi:10.1002/0471238961.1301140716091901.a01.pub2.
 - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Tupec, Josef (2001). Interoperational analytical control during the production of potassium permanganate (PDF) (Diploma thesis).
 - ↑ 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.
 - ↑ 5.0 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.
 - ↑ 6.0 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..
 - ↑ 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.
 

