TOLLEN'S REAGENT

• WHAT IS TOLLEN'S REAGENT?

  gentle oxidising agent
• WHAT IS TOLLEN'S REAGENT A SOLUTION OF?

  silver nitrate in aqueous ammonia
• WHAT TYPE OF IONS DOES TOLLEN'S REAGENT CONTAIN?

  colourless silver (I) complex ions
• WHAT DO COLOURLESS SILVER (I) COMPLEX IONS CONTAIN?

  Ag+
• WHAT HAPPENS WHEN Ag+ ARE REDUCED?

  reduced to metallic silver Ag if aldehyde is oxidised
• WHAT IS PRODUCED IN A POSITIVE TOLLEN'S TEST?

  metallic silver deposit
• REACTION WITH KETONES?

  no reaction
• ANOTHER NAME FOR TOLLEN'S TEST?

  silver mirror test