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Q. Distinction is made between ethyl alcohol and methyl alcohol by

Chhattisgarh PMTChhattisgarh PMT 2005

Solution:

In generally, ethanol gives the iodoform test while methyl alcohol does not give the iodoform test.
$CH _{3} CH _{2} OH +4 I _{2}+6 NaOH \xrightarrow{\Delta} \underset{\text { iodoform }}{ CHI _{3}}+5 NaI +5 H _{2} O + HCCNa$