A student found two bottles of compounds with missing labels. The compounds are either Benzyl chloride or Bromobenzene. To figure out the contents of each bottle, the student put 2 drops of each compound into separate test tubes labeled X and Y and added 1 mL of a mixture of NaI and acetone to each tube. After 45 seconds, the student observed a white color precipitate in tube X, while there was no precipitate formed in tube Y. What compound (Benzyl chloride or Bromobenzene) does tube X contain? Why

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  1. A student found two bottles of compounds with missing labels. The compounds are either Benzyl chloride or Bromobenzene. To figure out the contents of each bottle, the student put 2 drops of each compound into separate test tubes labeled X and Y and added 1 mL of a mixture of NaI and acetone to each tube.

After 45 seconds, the student observed a white color precipitate in tube X, while there was no precipitate formed in tube Y. What compound (Benzyl chloride or Bromobenzene) does tube X contain? Why

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