Question on: SS3 Chemistry - Organic Chemistry: Aldehydes, Ketones, and Carboxylic Acids

Which of the following reactions is used to distinguish between an aldehyde and a ketone?

 

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A

Formation of a silver mirror with Tollens's reagent

 

B

Formation of a precipitate with Fehling's solution

 

C

Formation of a carboxylic acid with a primary alcohol

 

D

Formation of an ester with an alcohol

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