Question

Methanol and ethanol are distinguished by the

• A. Action of HCl
• B. Iodoform test
• C. Solubility in water
• D. Sodium

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Iodoform test

Answer 2

$\mathrm { C } _ { 2 } \mathrm { H } _ { 5 } \mathrm { OH }$ gives iodoform test having α-hydrogen atom while $\mathrm { CH } _ { 3 } \mathrm { OH }$ does not give due to the absence of α-hydrogen atom.