At room temperature, formaldehyde changes to:

Question

At room temperature, formaldehyde changes to: (A) trioxane which does not reduce Tollens reagent (B) paraformaldehyde (C) hexose (D) none of the above

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Formaldehyde, when warmed alone, it forms trioxane or metaformaldehyde.

Q. At room temperature, formaldehyde changes to:

trioxane which does not reduce Tollens reagent

paraformaldehyde

hexose

none of the above

Formaldehyde, when warmed alone, it forms trioxane or metaformaldehyde.