Alkene  Ketones  Aldehydes  Carboxylic acid  Alcohols 

Bromine with fehling’s solution with fehling’s iodoform

water and 2:4- solution Sodium test 
dinitrophenylhydrazine Hydrogencarbonate
in HCl Test

Reaction Alkene Ketone  Aldehydes  Carboxylic Alcohols

acid 

Kmno4  the color No change Color No change Color

of the change is change is
solution observed observed
turns from
purple to 
brown and
precipitate
forms

with fehling’s solution no reaction no color dark blue to no reaction No reaction

change a blue-green
color  
/ red shiny
lining forms
(copper
color ) 

No No No reaction  Gives off No

Sodium reaction reaction CO gas
2 reaction 
HydrogenCarbonate which can be
Test seen in the
form of a
brisk
effervescence

iodoform test  No cloudy cloudy No positive cloudy

reaction precipitate precipitate iodoform test  yellow-
forms, and forms, and white
after after precipitate/
warming warming remains
 the the clear
precipitate precipitate yellow 
disappears disappears
leaving the leaving the
solution a solution a
light hue of light hue of
yellow yellow

2:4- No small small No reaction No reaction

dinitrophenylhydrazine reaction amount of amount of
in HCl precipitate precipitate
forms forms
turning the turning the
solution to solution
orange orange from
from light light yellow
yellow /  formed a
bright
yellow
precipitate