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Grade 12th passOrganic Chemistry

Give a chemical test to distinguish between each of
the following pair of organic compounds
Propanone and Propanal

Profile image of Harshit Singh
5 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Pawan Prajapati
5 Years ago
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Propanone gives yellow precipitate of iodoform on reaction with I2 and NaOH while propanal does not give iodoform test. OR Propanal gives silver mirror with Tollens’ reagent while propanone does not give silver mirror test.


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