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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