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How will you distinguish between methanol and ethanol.

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To distinguish between methanol (CH3OH) and ethanol (C2H5OH), we can use the Iodoform test. Here’s a step-by-step solution: ### Step 1: Understand the Iodoform Test The Iodoform test is a chemical reaction that identifies the presence of a specific structural feature in alcohols, particularly those that can be oxidized to form a methyl ketone (CH3CO-). Ethanol contains this feature, while methanol does not. ### Step 2: Prepare the Reaction To perform the Iodoform test, you need: - A sample of the alcohol (either methanol or ethanol) ...
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ICSE-ALCOHOLS, PHENOLS AND ETHERS -EXERCISE (PART-II Descriptive Questions) (VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS)
  1. How primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols differ in their reaction...

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  2. How will you distinguish between propan-1-ol and propan-2-ol by a che...

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  3. How will you distinguish between methanol and ethanol.

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  4. Discuss briefly, the relative rates of reaction of HBr with respect t...

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  5. Which of the isomeric butyl alcohols gives the iodoform test?

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  6. Arrange the compounds A to D which have roughly the same molecular wei...

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  7. How will you distinguish between the following pairs of alcohols by a...

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  8. How will you distinguish between the following pairs of alcohols by a...

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  9. What is rectified spirit ?

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  10. What is absolute alcohol ?

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  11. What is usually added to ethyl alcohol to make it unfit for drinking ...

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  12. What is methylated spirit or denatured alcohol?

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  13. What is 'Power alcohol'?

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  14. Why can't rectified spirit be converted into absolute alcohol by simp...

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  15. Name any two reagents used for bringing about the oxidation of alcoho...

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  16. What is the main product obtained when vapours of tert.-butyl alcohol...

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  17. Why boiling points of phenols are higher than those of the correspond...

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  18. Give one reaction to show that phenol is acidic in character.

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  19. Name the phenol with molecular formula C(7)H(8)O which on treatment w...

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  20. Phenol is an acid but does not react with sodium bicarbonate solution...

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