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describe a chemical test to distinguish between ethanol and ethanoic acid?

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Answered by Anonymous
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ETHANOL-

Melting point is 156K and boiling point is 351K.

It has sweet odour.

It has -OH ( Alcohol ) As functional group.

It does not reacts with litmus paper

It does not reacts with Sodium hydrogen carnonate.

ETHANOIC ACID_

It has melting point 290K and boiling point 391 K

It has pungent Odour

It has -OOH (Carboxylic acid ) as functional group.

It changes blue litmus paper to red

It reacts with sodium hydrogen carbonate to release CO2 gas.

MARK BRAINLIEST

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