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Suggest a suitable reagent to distinguish acetaldehyde from acetone.

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Solution :Acetaldehyde reduces the Tollens reagent to form silver mirror, while acetone does not give this test.
`MeCHO+2[Ag(NH_(3))_(2)]^(o+)+3overset(ɵ)(OH)rarr underset(mirror)underset(Silver)(2Ag) darr+4NH_(3)+2H_(2)O`


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