Formic acid can be distinguished from acetic acid by its reaction with

Question

Formic acid can be distinguished from acetic acid by its reaction with (A)  NaHCO3  (B) Tollen's reagent (C)  NaOH  (D) None of these

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Formic acid reduces ammoniacal silver nitrate solution (Tollen's reagent) to metallic Ag . undersetformic text acid mathopHCOOH +Ag2O xrightarrowΔ undersetsilver text mirror mathop2Ag +CO2+H2O Acetic acid does not undergo this test.

Q. Formic acid can be distinguished from acetic acid by its reaction with

$N a H C O_{3}$

Tollen's reagent

$N a O H$

None of these

Formic acid reduces ammoniacal silver nitrate solution (Tollen's reagent) to metallic $A g$ . $f or mi c a c i d H COO H + A g_{2} O Δ s i l v er mi rror 2 A g + C O_{2} + H_{2} O$ Acetic acid does not undergo this test.

Q. Formic acid can be distinguished from acetic acid by its reaction with

NaHCO3​

Tollen's reagent

NaOH

None of these

Formic acid reduces ammoniacal silver nitrate solution (Tollen's reagent) to metallic Ag . formicacidHCOOH​+Ag2​OΔ​silvermirror2Ag​+CO2​+H2​O Acetic acid does not undergo this test.

$N a H C O_{3}$

$N a O H$

Formic acid reduces ammoniacal silver nitrate solution (Tollen's reagent) to metallic $A g$ . $f or mi c a c i d H COO H + A g_{2} O Δ s i l v er mi rror 2 A g + C O_{2} + H_{2} O$ Acetic acid does not undergo this test.