How would you distinguish experimentally between an alcohol and carboxylic acid?
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carboxylic acid gives brisk effervescence of CO2 when react with NaHCO3 while alcohol do not
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ᴡᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ᴅɪsᴛɪɴɢᴜɪsʜ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴀɴ ᴀʟᴄᴏʜᴏʟ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀ ᴄᴀʀʙᴏxʏʟɪᴄ ᴀᴄɪᴅ:
1. ʟɪᴛᴍᴜs ᴛᴇsᴛ
ᴛᴀᴋᴇ 2 ᴍʟ ᴏғ ᴀʟᴄᴏʜᴏʟ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴀʀʙᴏxʏʟɪᴄ ᴀᴄɪᴅ ɪɴ ᴀ ᴛᴇsᴛ ᴛᴜʙᴇ, ᴘᴜᴛ 1 ᴅʀᴏᴘ ᴏғ ʙʟᴜᴇ ʟɪᴛᴍᴜs ɪɴ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴛᴇsᴛ ᴛᴜʙᴇ, ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪϙᴜɪᴅ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ sʜᴏᴡs ɴᴏ ᴇғғᴇᴄᴛ ɪs ᴀʟᴄᴏʜᴏʟ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇᴀs ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪϙᴜɪᴅ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴛᴜʀɴs ʀᴇᴅ ɪs ᴀ ᴄᴀʀʙᴏxʏʟɪᴄ ᴀᴄɪᴅ.
2. sᴏᴅɪᴜᴍ ʙɪᴄᴀʀʙᴏɴᴀᴛᴇ ᴛᴇsᴛ
ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ᴀ sᴍᴀʟʟ ᴀᴍᴏᴜɴᴛ ᴏғ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴏᴜɴᴅ ɪɴ ᴀ ᴛᴇsᴛ ᴛᴜʙᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴅᴅ ᴛᴏ ɪᴛ ᴀϙᴜᴇᴏᴜs sᴏʟᴜᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ
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3. ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴇs ʙʀɪsᴋ ᴇғғᴇʀᴠᴇsᴄᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴅᴜᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇᴠᴏʟᴜᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏғ ᴄᴏ
2 ᴍᴜsᴛ ʙᴇ ᴀ ᴄᴀʀʙᴏxʏʟɪᴄ ᴀᴄɪᴅ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇᴀs ᴡʜɪᴄʜ sʜᴏᴡs ɴᴏ ᴇғғᴇᴄᴛ ɪs ᴀʟᴄᴏʜᴏʟ.
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