How would you distinguish experimentally between an alcohol and a carboxylic acid
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Sodium Bicarbonate test
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Take a small amount of each compound in a test tube and add to it aqueous solution of NaHCO3. The compound which produces brisk effervescence due to the evolution of CO2 must be a carboxylic acid whereas which shows no effect is alcohol.
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carboxylic acid on reaction with sodiun carbonate produces carbon dioxide gas which turn lime water milk
where as alcohol do not give this reaction.
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