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An organic compound gives a silver mirror with Tollens reagent, does not reduce Fehling solution and, when treated with concentrated , gives an alcohol and the sodium salt of an acid. The compound is

  1. Abenzaldehyde
  2. Bpropanone
  3. Cethanal
  4. Dpropanal

Answer: A

Tollens positive indicates an aldehyde; Fehling negative points to an aromatic aldehyde. An aldehyde with no alpha hydrogen undergoes the Cannizzaro reaction in conc. alkali: gives and . Ethanal and propanal have alpha hydrogens and would undergo aldol reaction, and propanone does not reduce Tollens reagent.
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