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Pentan-2-one shows haloform reaction but Pentan-3-one does not.eplain why?

Pentan-2-one shows haloform reaction but Pentan-3-one does not.eplain why?

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Arun
25750 Points
5 years ago
For Haloform reaction, methyl group needs to be present at 
alpha
position to the site of reaction. Exception being ethanol.

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