Both ethanal and propanone will react with which of the following?

Both ethanal and propanone will react with which of the following?
  1. Tollen reagent
  2. Schiff reagent
  3. Fehling reagent
  4. Grignard reagent

Solution

Acetaldehyde and acetone both react with a Grignard reagent to give secondary and tertiary alcohols respectively. While Fehling's reagent, Tollen's reagent and Schiff's reagent are reduced by only aldehydes (i.e., acetaldehyde). Hence, the correct option is (4).

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2020 (22 Sep Shift 2)

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