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प्रश्न
Give the chemical test to distinguish:
Dimethyl ether and ethyl alcohol.
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उत्तर
Dimethyl ether and ethyl alcohol:
C2H5OH, when heated with I2and NaOH, gives yellow precipitate crystals of iodoform (Iodoform test) whereas diethyl ether does not give a yellow precipitate with I2 and NaOH.
\[\ce{C2H5OH + 4I2 + 6NaOH->[Heat]\underset{\text{Iodoform (yellow ppt.)}}{CHI3} + 5HCOONa + 5NaI + 3H2O}\]
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