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Question
Give simple chemical tests to distinguish between the following pairs of compounds :
Ethanol and phenol
Solution 1
| Test | Ethanol | Phenol |
| Coupling reaction | Negative test |  |
| Iodoform test |  |
Negative test |
Solution 2
Ethanol and phenol can be chemically distinguished by Iodoform test
\[\ce{C2H5OH->[I2][NaOH][CH5CHo]->\underset{\text{Yellow precipitate}}{CHI3} v}\]
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