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Oxidation of cyclohexene with strong oxidizing agents like ${\mathrm{KMnO}}_4$ in dilute ${\mathrm{H}}_2{\mathrm{SO}}_4$ (acidic medium) leads to the oxidative cleavage of the carbon-carbon double bond.

Since cyclohexene is a cyclic alkene with six carbon atoms and each double-bonded carbon is attached to one hydrogen atom, the ring opens up and both carbons are oxidized to carboxylic acid groups.

The resulting product is a six-carbon dicarboxylic acid, which is hexanedioic acid, commonly known as adipic acid.

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Cyclohexene $\stackrel{{\mathrm{KMnO}}_4/{\mathrm{H}}^{+}}{\to }$ $\mathrm{HOOC}-({\mathrm{CH}}_2{)}_4-\mathrm{COOH}$ (Adipic acid)

Answer: Adipic acid