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Aldehydes, Ketones And Carboxylic Acids

Question
CBSEENCH12008635

Give simple tests to distinguish between the following pairs of compounds:
Acetophenone and Benzophenone

Solution
Acetophenone and Benzophenone: Aceto-phenone and benzophenone can be distinguished by iodoform test. Acetophenone, on treatment with I2 and NaOH gives yellow ppt. of iodoform while benzophenone does not give this test.
straight C subscript 6 straight H subscript 5 COCH subscript 3 plus 3 NaIO space rightwards arrow stack CHI subscript 3 with Iodoform with left parenthesis yellow space ppt. right parenthesis below below space plus space 2 NaOH