Give a chemical test to distinguish between ethanal and propanone.
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Fehling solution is the best chemical test which can be used to distinguish between ethanal and propanone.
This fehling solution is the cupric hydroxide.
When you add this to any like the ethanal, the aldehyde available in the compound gets oxidized to the identical acid.
As a result of this, cuprous oxide gets formed. For the ketone like propanone, it does not reveal this reaction.
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