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Fehling's solution oxidises aldehydes to carboxylic acids and this generates precipitate of red copper(I)oxide.

This reaction is used as a simple "wet chemistry" test to distinguish between aldehydes (red ppt) and ketones (no red ppt).
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Fehling's
Solution
         
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Cu2O
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Aldehyde (AS/A2 generic)     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Fehling's solution     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Carboxylic acid (AS/A2 generic)     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Copper(I) oxide     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
British A-Level Chemistry: A2
British A-Level Chemistry: AS
Oxidation: Of Substrate By Reagent
Precipitation
Redox

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