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Ethanoic Acid

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Give one property of carboxylic acid which is different from ethanol.

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$1 . W i t h s o d i u m b i c a r b o n a t e a b r i s k e f f e r v e s e n c e i s l i b e r a t e d f o r a c i d a n d f o r a l c o h o l n o s u c h l i b e r a t i o n o c c u r . R C O O H + N a H C O_{3} \to R C O O N a + C O_{2} + H_{2} O 2 . A l c o h o l h a s n o e f f e c t w i t h t h e l i t m u s p a p e r . C a r b o x y l i c a c i d c h a n g e b l u e l i t m u s p a p e r i n t o r e d$

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