Carbonyls

Question 1

Outline how the mixtures containing these orange precipitates can be used to distinguish between butanal and butanone.

Answer 1

recrystallise it and measure the melting point. Then compare it with known values.

Question 2

Explain why this test gives a different result with aldehydes than it does
with ketones.

Answer 2

because aldehydes can become oxidised to carboxylic acids.