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MHT CET · Chemistry · Aldehydes and Ketones

Which of the following compounds when treated with ammoniacal silver nitrate exhibits silver mirror test?

  1. A Ethanol
  2. B Ethanal
  3. C Ethoxyethane
  4. D Ethanoic acid
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(B) Ethanal

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Tollen's reagent oxidises aldehyde to the corresponding carboxylate anion. Silver forms a greyish black precipitate. This test is termed as silver mirror test.