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Give one chemical test to distinguish th...

Give one chemical test to distinguish the following `:`
(a) Methanol and ethanol.
(b) tert - Butyl alcohol and n - butyl alcohol.
(c ) Hexane and ethanol.

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(a) Ethanol gives iodoform test while methanol does not.
(b) tert-Butyl alcohol gives Lucas test, i.e., cloudiness immediately with `HCl//ZnCl_(2)` but n-butyl alcohol does not.
(c ) Ethanol reacts with sodium and evolves hydrogen but hexane does not.
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