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Grade upto college level Inorganic Chemistry

When copper sulphate is treated with NH4OH, we get

(A) Tollen’s reagent

(B) Fehling reagent

(C) Schweitzer reagent

(D) Malaprade reagent

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12 Years agoGrade upto college level
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12 Years ago

CuSO4 + 2NH4OH -----> Cu(OH)2  + (NH4)2SO4 Cu(OH)2 + 2(NH4)2SO4-----------> [Cu(NH)3]SO4 + 2H2O + H2SO4

                                                                                                                           Schweitzer reagent