Practical organic chemistry COMMON NAME IUPAC NAME Formaldehyde methanal acetaldehyde ethanal acetone propanone
State: - liquid Colour: colourless Physical properties Odour: unpleasant Miscibility: miscible with water Effect on litmus paper: neutral
acidic 4)Effect on litmus paper: - Red blue -ve acidic basic neutral basic Red and blue litmus paper 1 ml of aldehyde or ketone
Practical organic chemistry 2 ) chemical properties
Experiment Formaldehyde Fehling test acetaldehyde Reddish brown ppt acetone -ve 1 ml fehling (B) 1 ml fehling( A) Fehling ( B) : - sodium potassium tartrate 1 ml of aldehyde
ubstance FORMALDEHYDE EXP 1) Schiff test 3)Fehling test 4)resorcinol 6) Iodoform 7)Na. OH 20% ACETALDEHYDE ACETONE