An unsaturated hydrocarbon ' X ' gives white precipitate with Tollen's reagent. If X is gaseous in nature, the molecular formula of X is

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Tollen's reagent consists of a solution of silver nitrate and ammonia.

Terminal alkynes react with tollen's reagent and form white color precipitate.

With Tollen's reagent (ammoniacal ${AgNO}_{3}$ ), a white precipitate of silver salt is obtained.

$H - C \equiv C - H + 2 {AgNO}_{3} + 2 {NH}_{4} OH \to \underset{Sliver acetylide (white ppt .)}{Ag - C \equiv C - Ag} + 2 {NH}_{4} {NO}_{3} + H_{2} O$

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