Punjab Medical Punjab - MET Solved Paper-2011

  • question_answer
    Acetaldehyde forms a white crystalline precipitate on mixing with a ...... solution of

    A)  acidic,\[Zn-Hg\]

    B)  alcoholic,\[N{{a}_{2}}S{{O}_{3}}\]

    C)  saturated aqueous,\[NaHS{{O}_{3}}\]

    D)  aqueous,\[NaCl\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    \[\underset{acetaldehyde}{\mathop{C{{H}_{3}}CHO}}\,+\underset{\begin{smallmatrix}  sodium \\  bisulphite \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{NaHS{{O}_{3}}}}\,\xrightarrow[{}]{{}}\underset{(white\,crystalline\,ppt).}{\mathop{{{H}_{3}}C-\underset{\begin{smallmatrix}  | \\  S{{O}_{3}}Na \end{smallmatrix}}{\overset{\begin{smallmatrix}  OH \\  | \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{C}}}\,-H}}\,\]


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