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The reagent with which both acetaldehyde...

The reagent with which both acetaldehyde and acetone react easily is

A

Fehling solution

B

Grignard's reagent

C

Schiff's reagent

D

Tollen's reagent

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B
Aldehydes and ketones both have carbonyl group `gt C = O`, which reacts with Grignard's precipitate or coloration with aldehydes only, except aromatic aldehydes . Tollen's reagent gives silver mirror only with aldehydes. Only aldehydes turn Schiff's reagent pink.
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