Which is the most suitable reagent among the following to distinguish compound (3) from the rest of the compounds?
$(1)$ $C H_{3} - C \equiv C - C H_{3}$
$(2)$ $C H_{3} - C H_{2} - C H_{2} - C H_{3}$
$(3)$ $C H_{3} - C H_{2} C \equiv C H$
$(4)$ $C H_{3} - C H = C H_{2}$

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The compound 3 possessing the terminal alkyne only reacts with ammoniacal A g N O 3 giving white ppt and thus can be distinguished from 1, 2 and 4 compounds.

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