Give chemical tests to distinguish between :
Acetaldehyde and benzaldehyde.
Important Questions on Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids
Give chemical tests to distinguish between :
Propanone and propanal.
How will you bring about the following conversion:
Ethanol to -hydroxybutanal.
How will you bring about the following conversion:
Benzaldehyde to benzophenone?
Illustrate the following named reaction by giving example:
Cannizzaro's reaction
Illustrate the following name reactions by giving example:
Clemmensen's reduction
Give reasons for the following :
Treatment with benzaldehyde with gives a mixture of two isomers which cannot be separated even by careful fractional distillations.
Give reasons for the following :
Sodium bisulphite is used for the purification of aldehydes and ketones.
Write the steps and conditions involved in the following conversion:
Acetophenone to -Phenyl--butanol.
