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Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason(R).
Assertion (A) : Ketoses give Seliwanoff's test faster than Aldoses.
Reason (R) : Ketoses undergo -elimination followed by formation of furfural.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Option: 1

(A) is false but (R) is true
 


Option: 2

(A) is true but (R) is false
 


Option: 3

Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
 


Option: 4

Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)


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Seliwanoff’s test – Test to differentiate for ketose and aldose.
In this keto hexose are more rapidly dehydrated to form 5-hydroxy methyl furfural when heated in acidic medium which on condensation with resorcinol, as result brown red colored complex is formed.

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