Chemistry, asked by nitinsher5609, 1 year ago

How can you distinguish ethanoic acid and ethanol using the chemical properties?

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Answered by af4622913

Ethanol: Ethanol neither reacts with Sodium bicarbonate (Na H CO₃) nor changes the colour of a blue litmus paper.

Ethanoic acid: Ethanoic acid is a weak acid which reacts with Sodium bicarbonate (Na H CO₃) releasing CO2, H2 gas along with CH3COONa. Also, it turns blue litmus into red.

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