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Give a chemical test to ditinguish between ethyl nitrile and nitroethane (one step)

Give a chemical test to ditinguish between ethyl nitrile and nitroethane(one step)

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GAURAV SINGH
askIITians Faculty 36 Points
10 years ago
nitroethane reacts with nitrous acid to form crystalline nitrosonitroethane, which dissolve in alkali to give red solution.
Ethyl nitrile does not give this test

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Gaurav Singh
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