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Give simple chemical tests to distinguish between the following pairs of compounds:
Benzoic acid and Ethyl benzoate

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Benzoic acid being an acid reacts with $N a H C O_{3}$ solution to produce brisk effervesecence due to evolution of $C O_{2}$ while ethyl benzoate does not give this test.

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