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Mechanism of Permanganate/oxalate reaction

guy - 6-7-2006 at 21:10

Does anyone have any idea how this reaction works? I found an online journal (ACS) but I didn't have an account. Looking at the JCE page for it, they mentioned an [Mn(C2O4)3]3- intermediate. Does the complex help catalyse the reaction, and if so how?