How will you distinguish experimentally between an alcohol and a carboxylic acid?
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By reaction with Sodium bicarbonate(NaHCO3)
CH3COOH+NaHCO3=CH3COONa+H2O+CO2
C2H5OH+NaHCO3 gives no such product.
Litmus test also can be used.
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when alcohol is added to sodium we get sodium ethoxide
when ethanoic acid is added to sodium we get sodium ethanoate
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