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Question
An unknown organic compound gives an orange precipitate with -DNP reagent. It does not give Tollens' silver mirror, but it gives a yellow precipitate in the iodoform test.
Total: 4 marks
(a) Which broad functional group is indicated by the -DNP test? (1 mark)
(b) What does the negative Tollens' test rule out? (1 mark)
(c) What group is suggested by the positive iodoform test? (1 mark)
(d) Give a suitable classification of the compound. (1 mark)
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