The combination of sodium periodate (NaIO4) and a catalytic amount of potassium permanganate (KMnO4) is known as the Lemieux-von Rudloff reagent. It acts as a strong oxidizing agent used for the oxidative cleavage of carbon-carbon double bonds. The reaction yields products similar to oxidative ozonolysis or oxidation by hot acidic KMnO4 .
In this process, an alkene carbon bonded to two alkyl groups is oxidized to a ketone, while an alkene carbon bonded to one alkyl group and one hydrogen atom is oxidized to a carboxylic acid (the intermediate aldehyde is further oxidized by KMnO4). To obtain acetone (CH3COCH3) and acetic acid (CH3COOH), the original missing compound must have been 2-methylbut-2-ene (CH3-C(CH3)=CH-CH3).
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