How would you distinguish experimentally between an alcohol and a carboxylic acid?
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alchohol are -OH group
carboxylic acids are -COOH group
EXAMPLE for alchohol(ethanol)C2H5OH
for carboxylic acids (ethanoic acid)CH3COOH
carboxylic acids are -COOH group
EXAMPLE for alchohol(ethanol)C2H5OH
for carboxylic acids (ethanoic acid)CH3COOH
arjunb963:
What is the experimental way?
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Litmus test alcohol no change. Caboxylic acid turns blue litmus red
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