EXPERIMENT 2

ALDEHYDES AND KETONES

NAME: Kate Bianca R. Gofredo

SECTION: _1NU05_

PREDICTION SHEET

Predict by putting a check ( ) if you think a reaction will happen to the given test and if you think
nothing will happen, put an (x) then give your reason why do you think that reaction will happen to
such test.

Tests Predict Reason

Acetone formaldehyde benzaldehyd
e
2,4- In Brady’s Test, acetone,
dinitrophenylhydrazin ✔ ✔ ✔ formaldehyde, benzaldehyde
e test (Brady’s test) will all react because acetone
is a ketone and the two are
aldehydes. This test can react
with carbonyl group of
ketones and aldehyde.

Sodium Bisulfite Test

Schiff’s Test

Tollen’s Test X ✔ ✔ When an aldehyde is added to

Tollen’s reagent, Ag2Ois
reduced to silver (Ag)resulting
to silver mirror because,
Tollen’s reagent is an
ammonical solution of silver
nitrate meaning the test results
positive. Acetone does not
react with Tollen’s being that
it lacks reducible hydrogen for
this reason. tollen’s reagent
cannot react with acetone. In

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 contrast with that, formalde
hyde and benzaldehyde can
react with this test.

Fehling’s Test

Predict what do you think will happen to the reaction of acetone in Sodium nitroprusside and in
Iodoform tests and also if liquid Benzaldehyde is exposed into the air, what do you think will happen?

Write your reason why do you think that will happen?

Tests Predict Reason

Acetone in Sodium It will give the acetone a Because the concentration of acetone is high
Nitroprusside Test much bluer shade of it could lead to intensification of color this is
purple. This reaction will due to the property of acetone which is the
also produce a compound aceto-acetic acting independently
Acetone in Iodoform
Test

Autooxidation of
Benzaldehyde

Note: Submit the Prediction Sheet on _____________.

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