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Transcribed Image Text:Which of the following statements about the carbonyl group of an aldehyde is NOTTRUE?
O It can be oxidized to a carboxylic acid.
O It can be reduced to a carboxylic acid.
O At least one of the atorms in the carbonyl group must be hydrogen.
O The carbon of the carbonyl group is electrophilic.

Transcribed Image Text:A fellow lab student is attempting to identify his unknown organic compound by using the Tollens' test. He
adds Tollens' reagent to a sample of benzaldehyde and to his unknown. You notice that neither his
benzaldehyde or unknown sámple solution formed a silver precipitate. The student confidently proclaims
that his unknown must not be an aldehyde. Is he correct?
Yes, because his unknown solution failed to form a silver precipitate that indicates the presence of an aldehyde.
O Yes, because the Tollens' test only forms a silver precipitate in the presence of an aromatic aldehyde.
O No, because his positive control did not form a silver precipitate, therefore he should gently heat the samples to verify
the result.
No, because the Tollens' test only forms a silver precipitate in the presence of a methyl ketone.
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