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An owner of a paint company who was using ethanol as solvent noted that
his stock of ethand was misused by his employee.
To prevent this misuse, he decided to add small amount of a bule colour
compound (A) and another nitrogen containing heterocyclic base (B) which
gives a foul smell to alcohol.find a and b. is it a right decision?

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Dear Student,

Yes, he took the right decision.
The compound A and B are copper sulphate (CuSO4) and pyridine (C5H5N). This process is called denaturation of alcohol.

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