How we can distinguish experimentally between ethanol and ethanoic acid??
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(1)Litmus test – Alcohol will have no effect on the litmus paper. Carboxylic acid acid will change blue litmus paper into red.
(ii)Reaction with sodium hydrogen carbonate – Alcohol has no reaction with sodium hydrogen carbonate (NaHCO3) but in the case of Carboxylic acid it reacts with NaHCO3 which gives CH3COONa, CO2 and H2O. The reaction is evident as the carbon dioxide will turn the lime water milky.
(ii)Reaction with sodium hydrogen carbonate – Alcohol has no reaction with sodium hydrogen carbonate (NaHCO3) but in the case of Carboxylic acid it reacts with NaHCO3 which gives CH3COONa, CO2 and H2O. The reaction is evident as the carbon dioxide will turn the lime water milky.
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Make it react with sodium hydrogen carbonate
ethanol will not react
but ethanol acid being an acid react and gives salt,water,co2
brisk effervescence is produced in the case of ethanoic acid
ethanol will not react
but ethanol acid being an acid react and gives salt,water,co2
brisk effervescence is produced in the case of ethanoic acid
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ethanol is not an acid buddy..u got here wrong...
that is the ethanoic acid
i meant *ethanoic acid
typo error
sorry
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