Halogens are coloured and the colour deepens on moving down in the group from fluorine to iodine.
Give balanced equations for the following reaction:
Acetic acid reacts with phosphorous pentachloride.
Give one chemical test each to distinguish between the following pairs of compounds:
(1) Ethanol and acetic acid
(2) Acetaldehyde and benzaldehyde
Write chemical equations to illustrate the following name reactions:
Clemmensen’s reduction
The Clemmensen Reduction allows the deoxygenation of aldehydes or ketones, to produce the corresponding hydrocarbon.
We reduce the carbonyl group to hydrocarbon by,using zinc amalgam in concentrated HCl.