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Give one good chemical test to distinguish between the following pairs of organic compounds :
Benzaldehyde and acetone.

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Benzaldehyde gives silver mirror when heated with Tollen.s reagent whereas acetone gives this test.
`C_(6)H_(5)CHO+2Ag(NH_(3))_(2)OH to 2Ag+C_(6)COONH_(4)+H_(2)O+NH_(3)`
`H_(3)C COCH_(3)+2Ag(NH_(3))_(2)OH to "No reaction"`
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