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Give a chemical test to distinguish between ethyl alcohol and methyl alcohol.

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these are distinguished by iodoform test where ethyl alcohol gives positive test
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  10. What is Reimer-Tiemann reaction?

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  12. Explain esterification of phenol

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  17. draw the structure of 2,6 -dimethyl phenol

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  18. how is phenol prepared from aniline?

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  19. how will you convert propan-1-ol to propan-2-ol?

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