What happen when eathnal heated with caustic soda
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Iodine being an oxidizing agent oxidises ethanol to ethanal
And as ethanal contains (CH3CO)-group
It gives iodoform test
That is yellow ppt of CHI3 are formed
The base NaOH abstract acidic protons(alpha to carbonyl group) of ethanal resulting in enolate ion that attacks on I2 molecules
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