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

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Solution :(i) Add `NaHCO_(3)` solution to eac of them. Propanoyl chloride `(CH_(3)CH_(2)Ocl)` will not react whereas propanoic ACID `(CH_(3)CH_(2)COOH)` will give brisk effervescence due to `CO_(2)`.
(ii) Add `I_(2)` and NaOH. Acetophenone `(C_(6)H_(5)COCH_(3))` will give yellow ppt. of iodoform whereas benzaldehyde `(C_(6)H_(5)CHO)` will not react.


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