JEE Main Chemistry question
Mercuric chloride is reduced to mercurous chloride by:
Answer: (C)
Solution
Formic acid's reducing (aldehyde-like) character allows it to reduce HgCl₂ to Hg₂Cl₂, a classic qualitative test for formic acid.
Mercuric chloride is reduced to mercurous chloride by:
Formic acid's reducing (aldehyde-like) character allows it to reduce HgCl₂ to Hg₂Cl₂, a classic qualitative test for formic acid.