Why Formic Acid Gives Silver Mirror Test
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Formic acid (HCOOH) reduces Tollen's reagent. ... Like aldehydes it can be easily oxidised to carbonic acid (H2CO3) which decomposes to give CO2 and H2O. Thus like aldehydes it reduces Tollen's reagent to silver mirror.
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