JAMB - Chemistry (2015 - No. 16)
A suitable reagent for distinguish between ethanoic and ethanol is
bromine water
Fehling’s solution
sodium hydrogen trioxocarbonate (iv)
Ammoniacal silver trioxonitrate(V)
Giải thích
Sodium hydrogen trionocarbonate iv is the only distinguishing reagent between ethanoic and ethanol. Option A, B, D are not conspicuous in distinguishing between ethanoic and ethanol