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Grade 12Organic Chemistry

19) The reagent which will distinguish between 1-butene and 1-butyne is (A) KMnO4 (B) H2SO4 (C) Br2 in CCl4 (D) [Ag(NH3)2]+ Gimme the ans plsss with the apt explaination !!!

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15 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of PRIYANKA TATA ASKIITIAN
15 Years ago

[Ag(NH3)2]+ is the complex part of tollens reagent...so tollens test is used to distinguish 1 butene and 1 butyne...becauseTollens' reagent is a test for alkynes with a triple bond in the 1-position. A yellow precipitate of the metal acetylide is formed in this case...whereas alkene doesnt give any precipitate...so we use this to distinguish terminal alkynes with terminal alkenene..

priyanka tata

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15 Years ago
[Ag(NH3)2]+