Why does the colour of potassium premanganate disappear when a warm soln of ethanol is added to it

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KMnO₄ is a strong oxidising agent, when ethanol is added KMnO₄starts oxidising it step by step in this process it itself gets reduced i.e. gets consumed (from the reaction mixture) and hence the solution loses its colour.

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Why does the colour of potassium premanganate disappear when a warm soln of ethanol is added to it

KMnO4 is a strong oxidising agent, when ethanol is added KMnO4 starts oxidising it step by step in this process it itself gets reduced i.e. gets consumed (from the reaction mixture) and hence the solution loses its colour.

KMnO₄ is a strong oxidising agent, when ethanol is added KMnO₄starts oxidising it step by step in this process it itself gets reduced i.e. gets consumed (from the reaction mixture) and hence the solution loses its colour.