NCERT Exercise 8.13 - Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

Question: Give simple chemical tests to distinguish between the following pairs of compounds. (i) Propanal and Propanone (ii) Acetophenone and Benzophenone (iii) Phenol and Benzoic acid (iv) Benzoic acid and Ethyl benzoate (v) Pentan-2-one and Pentan-3-one (vi) Benzaldehyde and Acetophenone (vii) Ethanal and Propanal

Answer: Work from the relevant NCERT mechanism, definition, or quantitative relation for this exercise.

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