A technician observes a wine red color when adding sodium nitroprusside to an unknown alkaline solution. This result confirms the presence of which functional group?
Q1. A technician observes a wine red color when adding sodium nitroprusside to an unknown alkaline solution. This result confirms the presence of which functional group?
Answer: Sodium nitroprusside test
Explanation: Acetone reacts with sodium nitroprusside to give a wine red color; aldehydes do not produce this specific color with this reagent.