Potassium permanganate and oxalic acid

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Does anyone happen to have the rate law for potassium permanganate reacting with oxalic acid ?

I tried searching google with no avail

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Borek

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No idea about details, but I recall the reaction is being catalyzed by Mn²⁺, thus it is slow at the beginning, but then gains speed.