List how the qualitative tests (Tollens' silver mirror test, schiff test, and haloform reaction and iodoform test) can be used to distinguish acetaldehyde and 2-propanone.
compound | Silver mirror test | Schiff's test | haloform raeaction | |
acetaldehyde CH3CHO |
positive | positive |
positive |
|
2-propanone CH3COCH2CH3 |
negative | negative | positive | |
Thus 2-propanone being a ketone does not respond to Schif's test (no silver miror forms) or Schiff's test (no pink coloration).
Both give 2,4-DNP test and iodoform test which confirm the presence of carbonyl group in both.
Schiff's and Tollens' test are given by aldehydes only. Thus we can diffeentiate the compounds easily.
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