A compound responds to Baeyer's test but does not give white precipitation when treated with ammonical silver nitrate solution the compound should be:
A
C2H6
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B
C3H4
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C
C2H2
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D
C2H4
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Solution
The correct option is DC2H4 A compound responds to Baeyer's test but does not give white precipitation when treated with ammonical silver nitrate solution the compound should be ethylene C2H4.
Alkene & alkyne both give positive Baeyer's test but only terminal alkynes, and not alkenes, give positive test with ammonical silver nitrate [Tollen's reagent].