what is experiment to distinguish ethanol from ethanoic acid.
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the answer is baking soda or washing soda gives brisk effervescence in metabolic acid and no reaction in ethanol ...
its ethanoic acid
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We can distinguish between ethanol and a ethanoic acid on the basis of their reaction with carbonates and hydrogen carbonates. Acid reacts with carbonate and hydrogen carbonate to evolve CO2 gas that turns lime water milky. Alcohols, on the other hand, do not react with carbonates and hydrogen carbonates.
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