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Q. Which organic compound can reduces Tollen's reagent?

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Solution:

Formic acid resemble with aldehyde due to its structure so it reduce Tollen’s reagent.
$\underset{\text{Aldehydic structure}}{\text{H} - \overset{\underset{\left|\right. \left|\right.}{\text{O}}}{\text{C}} - \text{OH}}$