MHT CET 2024 Chemistry question
Which of the following compounds when treated with ammoniacal silver nitrate exhibits silver mirror test?
Answer: (B)
Solution
Ammoniacal silver nitrate is Tollens' reagent, , a mild oxidant that is reduced to metallic silver (silver mirror) only by easily oxidisable aldehydes: CH_3CHO2[Ag(NH_3)_2]^{+}3OH^{-}$ →
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