Chemistry A-Level
Carbonyl compounds: aldehydes and ketones
What Carbonyl compounds: aldehydes and ketones means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Carbonyl compounds: aldehydes and ketones
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Both give the coloured precipitate with 2,4-DNP, so the test confirms a carbonyl compound but does not distinguish an aldehyde from a ketone.
Topics that use Carbonyl compounds: aldehydes and ketones
- Chromatography and qualitative analysis (OCR A-Level)
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