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Pentanal is oxidised to pentanoic acid with Tollens' reagent, which gives a precipitate of silver which can appear as a mirror.

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Pentanal     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Tollens' reagent     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Pentanoic acid     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: AS
Oxidation: Of Substrate By Reagent
Precipitation
Redox

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