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write a chemical test to distinguish between aldehyde and ketone

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There are 2 ways to distinguish between aldehyde and ketone.
Fehling's Test

The test begins as two separate solutions - Fehling's A and Fehling's B. The first is a light blue CuSO4 solution while the second is a solution of a chelate and sodium hydroxide. 

Equal volumes of the two solutions are mixed and the sample is added. The resulting solution is heated.

Aldehyde - The aldehyde is oxidised and a brick red Cu(I) oxide precipitates out,

Ketone - No reaction occurs.

The Silver Mirror Test

This test makes use of Tollen's reagent which contains the complex [Ag(NH3)2]+. It is easily made by mixing aqueous ammonia with aqueous silver nitrate. 

Aldehyde - Upon heating with Tollen's reagent solid silver metal is produced as Ag+ is reduced to Ag.

Ketone - No reaction occurs.
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