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Q. Give a chemical test to distinguish between methanol and ethanol.

IIT JEEIIT JEE 1985Alcohols Phenols and Ethers

Solution:

$CH_3-CH_2OH+I_2+NaOH \rightarrow \underset{\text{yellow}}{CHI_3} \downarrow $ (Iodoform test)
Iodoform test is not given by methanol.