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Which of the followin compounds will give a yellow precipitate with iodine and alkali?

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Acetophenoone
Methyl acetate
Acetamide
2-Hydroxypropane

Solution :Compounds which CONTAIN `CH_(3)CO-` or `CH_(3)CHOH-` group attached to C or H on treatment with `I_(2)` and ALKALI give yellow PPT. of iodoform.

THUS, acetophenone and 2-hydroxypropane give iodoform but acetamide ad methyl acetate which although contain the `CH_(3)CO-` group but that is not attached to C or H and hence do not give iodoform.


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