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Give, simple chemical tests to distinguish between the following pairs of compounds : 

(a) Benzaldehyde and benzoic acid 

(b) Propanal and propanone

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(a) Benzoic acid reacts with NaHCO3 to give brisk effervescence of CO2 while benzaldehyde does not.

(b) Propanal being aldehyde when heated with Tollen's reagent to give silver mirror but propanone being a ketone does not.

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