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reaction of ethanol with sodium uses!!!

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To dispose of small amounts of sodium safely
To test for the -OH group in alcohols
 
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I WANNA KNOW can we use PCL5 to distinguish b/w carboxylic acid and alcohol???
 
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I WANNA KNOW can we use PCL5 to distinguish b/w carboxylic acid and alcohol???
 
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no i dont think so.......as the role of nucleophile is just to replace the other nucleophile and both carboxylic and alcogol got OH........hence acidified kmno4 will be a better option......................
 
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