Q. What is obtained, when ammoniacal $AgNO_{3}$ reacts with acetylene?
A) Propanone
B) Silver acetylide
C) Ethylene
D) None of these
Explanation
(b)
Acetylene has some acidic character and its hydrogen gets replaced by silver to give silver acetylide.
$CH \equiv CH + 2AgNO_{3} + 2NH_{4}OH \rightarrow$
$AgC \equiv CAg \downarrow + 2NH_{4}NO_{3} + 2H_{2}O$
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