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Pentanal is oxidised to pentanoic acid with Fehling's solution, which gives a precipitate of copper(I) oxide.
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Fehling's
Solution
         
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Cu2O
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Pentanal     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Fehling's solution     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Pentanoic acid     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Copper(I) oxide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: AS
Oxidation: Of Substrate By Reagent
Precipitation
Redox

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