Question

Tollen’s reagent and Fehling solutions are used to distinguish between

A. acids and alcohols
B. alkanes and alcohols
C. ketones and aldehydes  
D. $$n$$ - alkanes and branched alkanes
Answer :   ketones and aldehydes
Solution :
All aldehydes and ketones show reaction with Tollen's reagent and Fehling solutions, but ketones do not show this reaction.
Note: Benzaldehyde do not give reaction with Fehling solution.

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Releted Question 1

The reagent with which both acetaldehyde and acetone react easily is

A. Fehling’s reagent
B. Grignard reagent
C. Schiff’s reagent
D. Tollen’s reagent
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Releted Question 2

The Cannizzaro reaction is not given by

A. trimethylacetaldehye
B. acetaldehyde
C. benzaldehyde
D. formaldehyde
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Releted Question 3

The compound that will not give iodoform on treatment with alkali and iodine is :

A. acetone
B. ethanol
C. diethyl ketone
D. isopropyl alcohol
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Releted Question 4

Polarisation of electrons in acrolein may be written as

A. $$\mathop {C{H_2}}\limits^{{\delta ^ - }} = CH - \mathop {CH}\limits^{{\delta ^ + }} = O$$
B. $$\mathop {C{H_2}}\limits^{{\delta ^ - }} = CH - CH = \mathop O\limits^{{\delta ^ + }} $$
C. $$\mathop {C{H_2}}\limits^{{\delta ^ - }} = \mathop {CH}\limits^{{\delta ^ + }} - CH = O$$
D. $$\mathop {C{H_2}}\limits^{{\delta ^ + }} = CH - CH = \mathop O\limits^{{\delta ^ - }} $$
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