The reagent which could distinguish between 1-hexyne and 1-hexene is:

Tollens' reagent

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Baeyer's Reagent

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Bromine water test

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Solution

The correct option is A Tollens' reagent
Tollens' reagent reacts with a terminal alkyne but it does not react with a terminal alkene.

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