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Which of the following decolourise cold, dilute, alkaline (Baeyer's reagent)? (more than one may be correct)

  1. Abenzene
  2. Bpropyne
  3. Cpropene
  4. Dcyclohexane

Answer: B, C

Baeyer's reagent is decolourised by unsaturated and bonds (oxidation to diols or diketone/acid products), so propene and propyne are positive. Saturated cyclohexane and benzene, with its delocalised ring, are not oxidised under these mild conditions.
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