Why are chemical tests necessary to tell a dextrose solution from a saline solution

Both 1,2−dihydronaphthalene and 1,4−dihydronaphthalene may be selectively hydrogenated to 1,2,3,4−tetrahydronaphthalene. one of these isomers has a heat of hydrogenation of 101 kj/mol (24.1 kcal/mol), and the heat of hydrogenation of the other is 113 kj/mol (27.1 kcal/mol). match the heat of hydrogenation with the appropriate dihydronaphthalene.

Suppose you got a low yield of benzoin from your benzoin condensation reaction and thus only have 0.300 g of benzoin to use as the starting material for this reaction. how much concentrated nitric acid should you add? (concentrated nitric acid is 15.8 m). write your answer in the form x.xx ml

Iknow #2 is d. i just need to know why