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Grade 12th pass10 grade science

In Victor Meyer’s Test, which compound do we get for primary alcohol? (a) Nitrolic Acid (b) Nitroalkane (c) Pseudo Nitrol (d) None of these

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4 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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4 Years ago
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The alcohol is treated with iodine in presence of red phosphorus to obtain iodoalkane. Iodoalkane so formed is allowed to react with alcoholic silver nitrate in order to obtain nitroalkane.