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Which of the following reagents may be used to distinguish between phenol and benzoicacid

Which of the following reagents may be used to distinguish between phenol and benzoicacid

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Sunil Kumar FP
askIITians Faculty 183 Points
9 years ago
reagents may be used to distinguish between phenol and benzoicacid
your question is incomplete.
but the answer is
phenol in presence of neutral FeCl3 gives aviolet red colour complex.this test is not shown by benzoic acid
Aqueous NaOH Tollen's reagent Molisch reagen are the wrong answer
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