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KCET · Chemistry · Aldehydes and Ketones

lodoform can be prepared from all, except

  1. A propan-2-ol
  2. B butan-2-one
  3. C propan-l-ol
  4. D acetophenone
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(C) propan-l-ol

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lodoform can be prepared from compounds containing \( -\mathrm{COCH}_{3} \) group or \( -\mathrm{CH}(\mathrm{OH}) \mathrm{CH}_{3} \) group. Propan-1-ol isa
primary alcohol, therefore, it does not contain any suchgroup (ethanol is the only primary alcohol to give
iodoformreaction).