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NEET2023Chemistry
Q.

Identify the major product obtained in the following reaction:

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
Solution

Tollens' reagent is a mild oxidant: it converts an aldehyde () to a carboxylate () but does not oxidise ketones or reduce them.

So only the group reacts; the stays intact. The product is the ortho-carboxylate of the original methyl ketone.

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