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Which of the following give a coloured complex with neutral solution?

  1. Aphenol
  2. Bethyl acetoacetate
  3. Cpropanone
  4. Dpentane-2,4-dione

Answer: A, B, D

Phenol is itself an enol. Ethyl acetoacetate and pentane-2,4-dione exist partly as enols (about 8 and 80 percent) and form coloured chelates with . Propanone has an enol content around percent, too small for the test to be positive.
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