Chemistry, asked by Neelamprajapati1863, 11 months ago

Alcohols cannot be dried with anhydrous calcium chloride or magnesium chloride explain

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Answered by amitsurajanjali123

The anhydrous calcium chloride reacts with alcohols such as methanol and ethanol to form alcoholates. The calcium chloride will react with the ethanol to form CaCl2.2C2H5OH hence it is not to be used

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