What is the expected visual observation when ether and hot, acidic potassium permanganate were mixed in a test tube?   a. Formation of brown precipitate and disappearance of purple color b. The purple color of potassium permanganate remains its purple color. c. Evolution of gas, formation of brown precipitate and disappearance of purple color

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What is the expected visual observation when ether and hot, acidic potassium permanganate were mixed in a test tube?  
a. Formation of brown precipitate and disappearance of purple color
b. The purple color of potassium permanganate remains its purple color.
c. Evolution of gas, formation of brown precipitate and disappearance of purple color

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