Give simple chemical tests to distinguish between the following pairs of compounds.

Pentan-2-one and Pentan-3-one


Iodoform test – pentan-2-one is methyl ketone it will produce CHI3 in iodoform test whereas the pentan-3-one will not

Iodoform is CHI3 tri iodo methane. It forms only in the case when NaOI is trated with methyl ketone, this is confirmatory test for methyl ketones.



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