Question

List in tabular form three physical and two chemical properties on the basis of which ethanol and ethanoic acid can be differentiation.(Delhi - 2012)

Answer 1

Differentiation of ethanol and ethanoic acid based on their physical and chemical properties.

• Ethanol and ethanoic acid are compounds which have different functional groups.
• Ethanol is alcohol as it has -OH group in its structure, whereas ethanoic acid is a carboxylic acid due to the presence of -COOH in its structure.
• The formula of ethanol and ethanoic acid is $C_2H_5OH$ and $CH_3COOH$ respectively.
• The attached tabular columns show the differentiation of ethanol and ethanoic acid based on their physical and chemical properties.

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