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Question
For the pair phenol and cyclohexanol, answer the following:
Give one chemical test to distinguish between the two.
Solution
Because phenol reacts with bromine water to produce tribromophenol, whereas cyclohexane does not, the two substances can be distinguished using the bromine water test.
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