The reagent with which both react with acetaldehyde and acetone react is

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The reagent with which both react with acetaldehyde and acetone react is

Ashi verma 21st Jun, 2019

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harshita_1558773432 Student Expert 21st Jun, 2019

Hello Ashi

The answer to your question is Grignards reagent because
Acetaldehyde and acetone both react with 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 (ie, acetaldehyde)
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Ashi verma

7th Jul, 2019

Ya okk you are right

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Ashi verma

7th Jul, 2019

Thanku

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