Test for unsaturation (multiple bonds between two carbon atoms):
a) Place one drop of cyclohexane in a depression of a white spot plate and add KMnO4
dropwise until a red-brown color persists for 30 seconds.
b) Place one drop of your distilled oil in another depression of a white spot plate, and add
KMnO4 dropwise until a purple color persists, or until you have added ten (10) more
drops to it than you added to the cyclohexane.
c) Record:
. the number of drops used for cyclohexane
. the number of drops for your oil, and whether or not a purple
color was reached
Turn in your product in an appropriately labeled narrow mouth bottle.