Question

Write any five main differences between ethanol and ethanoic acid in tabular form?

Answer 1

ETHANOL

1. Melting point is 156K and boiling point is 351K.

2. It has sweet odour.

3. It has -OH ( Alcohol ) As functional group.

4. It does not reacts with litmus paper

5. It does not reacts with Sodium hydrogen carbonate.

ETHANOIC ACID

1. It has melting point 290K and boiling point 391 K

2. It has pungent Odour

3. It has -OOH (Carboxylic acid ) as functional group.

4. It changes blue litmus paper to red

5. It reacts with sodium hydrogen carbonate to release CO2 gas

Answer 2

ethanol: burning taste, low melting point (78 C), lighter than water, covalent compound, neutral substance..

ethanoic acid: sour taste, comparitively high melting point118 C.,acidic in nature..