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General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry

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ISBN:9781285853918

Author:H. Stephen Stoker

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Chapter14: Alcohols, Phenols And Ethers

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Tollens’ reagent test to identify aldehyde and ketones;

Write whether the following aldehydes and ketones are positive or negative for the Tollens’ Test.

Propionaldehyde (propanal)

Benzaldehyde

Methyl Ethyl ketone

(Unknown) Acetophenone

Definition Definition Organic compounds that have a carbonyl group, C=O, as their functional group. The carbonyl group in aldehydes is placed at the end of the molecular structure, which means the C=O is attached to one hydrogen atom and an alkyl group or a benzene ring. Just like all the other homologous series in organic chemistry, the naming of aldehydes uses the suffix “-al”. The general molecular formula is C n H 2n O.

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