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A carbonyl compound with molecular mass 86, does not reduce Fehling's solution but forms crystalline bisulphite derivative and gives iodoform test. The possible compound is

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2-pentanone and 3- pentanone
2-pentanone and 3-methyl-2-butanone
2-pentanone and pentanal
3-pentanone and 3-methyl-2-butanone.

Solution :SINCE the compound gives IODOFORM test, it is a methyl ketone. The isomers listed in OPTION (B) RESPOND to this test.


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