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  • Aldehydes and ketones
    • oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols
      • use oxidising agent: acidified dichromate(Cr2O72-)
      • primary oxidise to aldehydes then carboxylic acids
      • secondary alcohols oxidise to ketones
    • tollens' reagent
      • add reagent to tube containing mixture then heat
      • if an aldehyde is present a silver mirror is formed
    • Fehling's reagent
      • warm in presence of suspected aldehyde
      • Cu2+ ions are reduced to a red- brown precipitate of Cu2O
    • aldehydes can be reducing agents
    • can be reduced to primary and secondary alcohols using reducing agents NaBH4
    • addition of HCN
      • a way of increasing the carbon chain length

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