MHT CET 2024 Chemistry question
Identify the test from following so that aldehyde when boiled with ammoniacal silver nitrate solution deposits silver.
Answer: (B)
Solution
Tollens' test: an aldehyde is warmed with Tollens' reagent, ammoniacal silver nitrate containing the complex . The aldehyde is oxidised to the carboxylate and is reduced to metallic silver, which deposits as a silver mirror: 2[Ag(NH_3)_2]^+3OH^-$ →
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