How will you distinguish between phenol and ethanol?
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Phenol is an unsaturated aromatic alcohol, whileethanol is saturated aliphatic alcohol.
Ethanol reacts with triiodomethane (iodoform test) and forms yellow precipitate.
Phenol does not give this test. Phenol has benzene ring it under goes diazo coupling reaction, while ethanol doesn't give this test.
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