How would you distinguish experimentally between alcohol and carboxylic acid
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alcohol are acts as starter to make carboxylic acid
when ethanol reacts with water forms carboxylic acid
when ethanol reacts with water forms carboxylic acid
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- On reaction with Sodium Carbonate ,Carboxylic acids produces carbon dioxide gas which turns lime water milk whereas alcohols do not give this reaction.
- This experiment can be used to distinguish alcohol and carboxylic acid.
Reaction of Carboxylic acid with sodium carbonate:
2CH3COOH + Na2CO3 → 2CH3COONa + H2O + CO2
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