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Grade 12Organic Chemistry

Which of the following reagent is used for the separation of acetaldehyde from acetophenone?
a) NH2OH b) NaOHI2 c) NaHSO3 d) C6H5NHNH2

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9 Years agoGrade 12
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9 Years ago
It is a haloform test...option b....haloform reaction is undergone when there is a ch3 group directly attached to the carbonyl carbon...in the case of acetophenone there s no such group present...carbonyl carbon is attached to phenyl ring