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Which compounds give a yellow precipitate of iodoform on warming with and ?

  1. AEthanol
  2. BButan-1-ol
  3. CPentan-3-one
  4. D1-Phenylethanol

Answer: A, D

The iodoform test needs a group or a group, since hypoiodite first oxidises the latter to the methyl ketone (ethanol goes via ethanal). Ethanol and 1-phenylethanol qualify. Butan-1-ol and pentan-3-one contain neither group.
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