Which reagent, among the following, does not react with both acetone and benzaldehyde?
1. Sodium hydrogen sulphite
2. Phenyl hydrazine
3. Fehling's solution
4. Grignard reagent
Hint: Fehling's solution does not reacts with ketone
Acetone and benzaldehyde both do not react with Fehling's solution. Fehling's solution does not react with ketone and acetone is a ketone.
Aldehydes that lack alpha hydrogens, such as benzaldehyde or pivalaldehyde (2,2-dimethylpropanal) cannot form an enolate ion and thus do not give a positive Fehling’s test result under usual conditions.
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