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Three colourless liquids P, Q and R are acetaldehyde, benzaldehyde and acetone in some order. P gives a red precipitate with Fehling solution and a yellow precipitate with /. Q gives a silver mirror with Tollens reagent but no red precipitate with Fehling solution and no iodoform. R gives iodoform but does not reduce Tollens or Fehling reagent. P, Q and R are respectively

  1. Aacetaldehyde, benzaldehyde, acetone
  2. Bbenzaldehyde, acetaldehyde, acetone
  3. Cacetone, benzaldehyde, acetaldehyde
  4. Dacetaldehyde, acetone, benzaldehyde

Answer: A

P is both Fehling-positive (aliphatic aldehyde) and iodoform-positive (), so it is ethanal. Q reduces Tollens but not Fehling, which is the behaviour of an aromatic aldehyde, benzaldehyde. R gives iodoform only and is a methyl ketone, acetone.
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