Why silver mirror test is only for aldehydes and Ketons?

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Tollens'reagent( silver mirror test ) oxidizes analdehydeinto the correspondingcarboxylic acid.Ketonesare not oxidized byTollens'reagent, so the treatment of aketonewithTollens'reagentin a glasstesttube does not result in a silver mirror. Moreover silver does not react with any other functional group. hence, only reacts with aldehyde and ketone.

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