Compound P, C8H8O, gives a red-orange precipitate with 2,4-DNP reagent and does not reduce Fehling’s reagent. On drastic oxidation with chromic acid, P gives an aromatic product Q that produces effervescence on treating with aqueous NaHCO3. Compounds P and Q, re spectively, are:
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