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How can we distinguish experimentally between an alcohol and carboxylic acid?

How can we distinguish experimentally between an alcohol and carboxylic acid?

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SAHIL
3778 Points
6 years ago
Take a litmus paper. Alcohol will have no effect on it but the carboxylix acid will change its blue colour to red. This is because carboxylic acid as name indicates is a acid and we know acid turns blue litmus red
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