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Q.

Statement 1: Lower aldehydes and ketones are soluble in water but the solubility decreases as the molecular mass increases.Statement 2: Reaction with HCN is used to distinguish  between aldehydes and ketones

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a

Both statements 1 and 2 are correct

b

Statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is incorrect

c

Statement 1 is incorrect and statement 2 is correct

d

Both statements 1 and 2 are incorrect

answer is B.

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Detailed Solution

Lower aldehydes and ketones are soluble in water due to polar effect of >C = O which makes hydrogen bonds with water molecules. As the size of the aldehydes and ketones increases the hydrophobic part, i.e., alkyl chain increases which weakens the H-bond formations with H2O molecules and decreases the solubility.
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