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The reagent with which both acetaldehyde and acetone react easily, is `:`

A

a.Tollens regent

B

b.Schiffs reagent

C

c.Grignard reagent

D

d.Fehling's solution

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C
Acetaldehyde reacts with Tollens, Schiff's, and Fehling's solution but acetone does not. But with Grignard reagent both react.
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