How will you distinguish between Butanal and 2-butanone by single test?with reaction
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Butanal and butan-2-one can be distinguished as follows. Tollen's reagent is obtained by mixing AgNO₃ and NH₄OH. Hence it is known as ammoniacal silver nitrate. When butanal is treated with Tollen's reagent , silver mirror get formed at the bottom due to reduction of Tollen's reagent .
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