Question

NAME the chemical you would use to distinguish experimentally between an alcohol and a carboxlic acid

Answer 1

DEAR STUDENT

the chemical i would use to distinguish experimentally between an alcohol and a carboxylic acid is carbonates or hydrogen carbonates

we know that carboxylic acids react with carbonates to give salt + water + carbon dioxide

FOR EXAMPLE

reaction of Methanoic Acid Reaction with a Carbonate

2HCOOH(aq) + Na2CO3(s) → 2HCOONa(aq) +H2O(l) + CO2(g)

Methanoic acid + sodium carbonate → sodium formate + water + carbon dioxide

here alcohol does not react with carbonates...........hence differenciated  

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