How would you distinguish experimentally between an alcohol and a carboxylic acid?
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an alcohol and a carboxylic acid can be experimentally distinguished by Sodium bicarbonate test. Additional Information: Sodium bicarbonate test is also known as sodium hydrogen-carbonate test. Carboxylic acid (like any other acid) turns blue litmus red.
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Carboxylic acids emit carbon dioxide gas when they react with Sodium Carbonate, turning lime water milky, whereas alcohols do not. This experiment will help you make a distinction between an alcohol and a carboxylic acid.
Carboxylic acids emit carbon dioxide gas when they react with Sodium Carbonate, turning lime water milky, whereas alcohols do not. This experiment will help you make a distinction between an alcohol and a carboxylic acid.When carboxylic acid reacts with sodium bicarbonate solution carbon dioxide is evolved with a brisk effervescence along with sodium acetate is formed.
The chemical reaction is given below.
RCOOH + NaHCO3 → RCOONa + H2O + CO2↑ (brisk effervescence)
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