Chemistry A-Level
Carbonyl group confirmation
What Carbonyl group confirmation means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Carbonyl group confirmation
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The formation of a yellow-orange precipitate with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine confirms the presence of a carbonyl compound.
Topics that use Carbonyl group confirmation
- Carbonyl compounds (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine test
- 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone
- Acidified dichromate(VI) as oxidising agent
- acidified potassium dichromate(VI)
- Aldehyde versus ketone distinction
- Carbon–carbon bond formation
- Carbonyl group detection
- Carbonyl group structure
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