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Q: Why Tollens reagent does not react with ketone?
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What is the reaction of acetone and tollens reagent?

Tollens' reagent is used to determine whether a carbonyl containing compound is an aldehyde or a ketone. Acetone is a ketone so it will not readily react with Tollens' reagent.


What is the equation for the reaction between tollens' reagent and butanone?

Does not react. Because Tollens' reagent only works with aldehydes. Butanone is methyl ethyl ketone (MEK).


Does tollens reagent react with cyclohexanone?

yes!!


What substances give a positive tollens test?

When adding the aldehyde or ketone to Tollens' reagent, the test tube is put in a warm water bath. If the reactant under test is an aldehyde, Tollens' test results in a silver mirror. If the reactant is a ketone, it will not react because a ketone cannot be oxidized easily. A ketone has no available hydrogen atom on the carbonyl carbon that can be oxidized - unlike an aldehyde, which has this hydrogen atom.


Which reagent vanillin react?

vanillin violently reacts with Bromine in carbon tetrachloride,tollens reagent and aqueous NaOH


what is the outcome of tollens reagent reacting with methanal, ethanol and propanone?

The outcome of the Tollens reagent reacting with methanal (formaldehyde), ethanol (ethyl alcohol), and propanone (acetone) is the formation of metallic silver (Ag) in the case of methanal, while ethanol and propanone do not show a significant reaction with Tollens reagent. Tollens reagent is used as a chemical test to distinguish between aldehydes and ketones, where aldehydes react to produce a silver mirror, while ketones do not react.


Why pyrrole-2-aldehyde does not respond to tollens reagent?

Pyrrole-2-aldehyde does not respond to Tollens reagent because it is not a reducing sugar. Tollens reagent (silver nitrate) is used to test for the presence of aldehyde groups, which are commonly found in reducing sugars. Reducing sugars contain aldehyde groups and are capable of donating electrons to Tollens reagent, forming a silver mirror on the test tube wall. Pyrrole-2-aldehyde does not contain aldehyde groups, and therefore is not a reducing sugar. As a result, it does not react with Tollens reagent.


Is vanillin positive in tollens test?

No.While vanillin is an aldehyde, which should react with Tollens' reagent to precipitate silver metal, vanillin does not "pass" Tollens' test. Tollens' reagent is very basic (sodium or potassium hydroxide). Vanillin has a phenolic hydrogen (OH bonded to a phenyl ring) which is slightly acidic. Vanillin will react first with the excess hydroxide ions in solution to form a phenoxide salt, which will not participate in the silver-precipitating reaction.


What is the equation for sucrose and tollens reagent?

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What are the components of tollens reagent?

tollen reagent


What is formula of tollens reagent?

2[Ag(NH3)2]OH is tollen's reagent


Why fructose gives positive tollen reagent test?

Only aldehydes give a positive Tollens test. However, under the strongly basic conditions of the test, alpha-hydroxy ketones can isomerize to aldehydes, so they will also give a positive Tollens test. Fructose is an alpha-hydroxy ketone.