do acids respond to iodoform test? if yes/no then why?
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Somrwita Mondal
·2012-08-20 09:20:10
no.....
bcz it doesn't hav ketomethyl gr. i.e. CH3-C(O)-C-/H or potential ketomethyl gr. i.e. CH3-CH(OH)-C-/H
Somrwita Mondal nt fully crrct
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Somrwita Mondal
·2012-08-20 10:17:48
to giv a iodofrm tst a cmpound must hav ketomethyl gr. i.e. CH3C(O)- or potential ketomethyl gr. i.e.CH3CH(OH)- nd it must b attachd 2 a hydrogn or a carbon......
Acids hav ketomethyl gr. bt it's attachd 2 oxygen, dats y dey dn't rspond 2 iodofrm tst....