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A2 Chemistry Unit 4
Propanal
Propanone
Methylpropan
al
Pentan-3-one
Methanal
Methylbutan
one
aldehydes with
Fehlings/Benedicts solution and
give an equation involving
Both Fehlings and ethanal.
Benedicts contain copper (II)
complexes.
When
an
aldehyde
is
warmed
with
Fehlings/Benedicts solution it is oxidised. The
solution is alkaline so the salt of the
carboxylic acid is produced.
The blue solution is
reduced
to
a
red
precipitate
of
copper
oxide.
N.B. With ketones there is no reaction and the solution stays blue.
N.B. With ketones there is no reaction and the solution stays orange.
2-hydroxy-propanenitrile
2-hydroxy-2methylpropanenitrile