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प्रश्न
Give one chemical test to distinguish between the following pair of compounds: Formic acid and acetic acid.
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उत्तर
Formic acid gives a silver mirror with tollen’s reagent.
\[\ce{\underset{\text{Formic acid}}{HCOOH} + Ag_2O -> H_2O + CO_2 + \underset{\text{Silver mirror}}{2Ag v}}\]
Acetic acid does not give this test.
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