Identify the similarity
Chemistry
Level
1
Using only silver mirror test, can you identify aldehyde formic with formic acid ? If yes, please explain.
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As we use Tollens test for identification among HCHO and HCOOH they get oxidised and convert into higher oxidation state. In HCOOH it get oxidised into CO2 . As the evolution of CO2 ,we passed it through CaCO3 solution and the sol. turns milky which shows that HCOOH get oxidised and HCHO get oxidised into HCOOH .