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Question
Give a simple chemical test to distinguish between the following pair of compounds :
CH3CH2CHO and CH3CH2COCH3
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Solution
2-Butanone has a methyl group attached to carbonyl carbon unlike propanal. Hence, it can give iodofom test.
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