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Give chemical tests to distinguish between the following pair of compounds. (i) Propanoyl chloride and propanoic acid (ii) Benzaldehyde and Acetophenone

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Solution : (i) On ADDING `NaHCO_3` , solution to each of them, propanoyl chloride will not react whereas PROPANOIC ACID will give brisk efferevescence DUE to the evolution of `CO_2` .
(ii) On adding `I_2`and NaOH, Acetophenone will give YELLOW ppt, of iodoform whereasbenzaldehyde will not react


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