#aldehydes-ketones

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Nisha Verma12thSample· 4d ago
Benzaldehyde gives Tollens' test but not Fehling's, and which compounds give the iodoform test?
Revision month, chemistry, distinction tests. Every board and NEET paper has at least one "which reagent distinguishes X from Y" question, so I need this airtight. The thing I got wrong in a mock: "Benzaldehyde and propa
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Pooja Iyer12thSample· 2mo ago
Aldehyde and ketone in the same molecule: which gets the suffix, and what does 'oxo' mean?
I love how aldehydes and ketones have those neat names, until a molecule has two functional groups and I forget which one is the boss. Example: OHC-CH 2-CO-CH 3 . Is it 3-oxobutanal or 1-oxo... or something with "al-one"
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