Engineering
Chemistry
Basic concepts of organic chemistry
Test of Terminal alkynes
Question

Hex-2-yne and Hex-3-yne can be differentiated by

Tollen's reagent

NaNH2/ followed by Cu2Cl2 + NH4OH

Alc. KOH /  followed by a Tollen's reagent

Cu2Cl2 + NH4OH

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Solution

CH3 –CH2 –CH2 – CCH3 NaNH2CH3–CH2–CH2–CC¯Na+ CuCl2 + NH4OH
H3C–CH2–C–CH2–CH3 No RxnNaNH2/CH3-CH2-CH2-CC¯Cu+  
                                                                       Red ppt.