Question

Acetone and acetaldehyde can be distinguished by

Molisch test
Tollen's test
Schiff's test
Iodoform test

Answer 1

acetone and acetaldehyde can be distinguished by iodoform test

Answer 2

Answer:

Tollen's test

Explanation:

The tollen's reagent is the mixture of the ammonia and the silver nitrate. The tollen’s reagent is the type of the mild oxidising agents and that can be used for the identification of the aldehyde groups in the organic compounds. The tollen’s reagent could be oxidized the aldehyde into carboxylic acids. when the tollen's reagent are treated with the ketones, it could not have capacity to oxidizes the ketones.

Therefore, the acetone and aldehyde would be differentiated by the tollen's reagent.