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Question : 16 of 16
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Assertion (A): All aliphatic aldehydes give a positive Fehling’s test.
Reason (R): Aliphatic aldehydes are reduced by Fehling’s reagent.
Solution:  
Assertion (A):
All aliphatic aldehydes give a positive Fehling's test. True.
They reduce Fehling’s solution to give a brick-red precipitate of Cu2O\mathrm{Cu_2O}.
Reason (R):
“Aliphatic aldehydes are reduced by Fehling’s reagent.” False.
Actually, aldehydes are oxidized, not reduced.
Aldehyde \rightarrow oxidized to carboxylate ion
Cu2+\mathrm{Cu}^{2+} (in Fehling’s solution) \rightarrow reduced to Cu2O\mathrm{Cu_2O}
So the aldehyde acts as a reducing agent.
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