Baeyer's test is a potent oxidant used to determine the existence of double bonded

compounds, such as carbon-carbon double bonds (alkene) and carbon-carbon triple bonds (alkyne).
Baeyer's reagent is a cold potassium permanganate [KmnO4] alkaline solution. It's a strong oxidising
agent that's utilised in qualitative organic analysis to check for unsaturation. When this solution
comes into contact with an unsaturated molecule, it becomes pinkish-purple to brown. The alkene is
reduced to manganese dioxide [MnO2], while the permanganate is oxidised to a 1,2-diol. Because
the reaction does not work on alkenes or aromatic compounds, it can be used to differentiate them
from alkenes and alkynes. The chemical process takes place

When an alkaline potassium permanganate is introduced to an unsaturated hydrocarbon,

such as hexene, the pink colour of potassium permanganate vanishes. Unsaturation is indicated by
the decolorization of KmnO4's pink colour. The loss of pink colour can occur with or without the
production of brown manganese oxide precipitate. The alkane potassium manganate solution, which
is pentane, does not function and should remain pinkish-purple in colour.

The catalytic conversion of the primary type of alcohols into aldehydes and the secondary
form of alcohols into ketones are important in organic chemistry. The sorts of substituents put on
the carbonyl carbon affect the outcome of the oxidation process of alcohols. A hydrogen atom must
be present on the carbonly carbon for the oxidation reaction to occur. As a result, potassium
dichromate [VI] is used as an oxidising agent or catalyst in this reaction, which is acidified using
dilute sulphuric acid. The orange solution, which includes dichromate[VI] ions, is reduced to the
green solution, which contains chromium[III] ions, during the oxidation process. The solution
containing methyl ethyl ketone, acetaldehyde, and alcohol produces a somewhat purple colour in
this experiment, although it is not visible using Schiff's Reagent. There are no colour changes after
applying Schiff's Reagent for roughly 40 drops throughout the experiment. The solution put in water
bath again for 3 minutes and purple colour can be seen at the mouth of the test tube only.

The Tollen’s test is a reaction that is used to distinguish aldehyde from ketones, as aldehydes
can be oxidized into a carboxylic acid while ketone