Consider the reactions:

- AA-Methoxymethane, X-Ethanoic acid, Y-Acetate ion, Z-hydrazine
- BA-Methoxymethane, X-Ethanol, Y-Ethanoic acid, Z-Semicarbazide
- CA-Ethanal, X-Ethanol, Y-But-2-enal, Z-Semicarbazone
- DA-Ethanol, X-Acetaldehyde, Y-Butanone, Z-Hydrazone
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
must be Ethanol () because catalytic dehydrogenation with at gives Ethanal (). (Ethanal, ) gives a positive silver mirror test (it's an aldehyde).Ethanal reacts with semicarbazide to form Ethanal semicarbazone ().Ethanal undergoes aldol condensation in dilute alkali followed by heating to form But-2-enal ().

