How would you differentiate between ethanol and ethanoic acid?

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How would you differentiate between ethanol and ethanoic acid?

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Answer 1 · 2016-04-09T07:59:07

Ethanoic acid has got #-COOH#,carboxylic group , so it acts with aqueous solution of #NaHCO_3#and produce effervescence of #CO_2# gas.This does not occur in case of Ethanol as it is neutral in nature. Thus they may be distingushed.

#CH_3COOH +NaHCO_3->CH_3COONa +CO_2uparrow#

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