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(a) Give chemical tests to distinguish b...

(a) Give chemical tests to distinguish between compounds in the following pairs of substances ,
(i) Ethanal and Propanal
(ii) Benzoic acid and Ethyl benzoate
(b) An organic compound contains `69.77%` carbon , `11.63%` hydrogen and rest oxygen . The molecular mass of the compound is 86. It does not reduce Tollen 's reagent but forms an addition compound with sodium hydrogen sulphite and gives positive iodoform test. On vigorous oxidation, it gives ethanoic and propanoic acids . Derive the structure of the compound.

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