Question

Methanol and ethanol are distinguished by:

• A. $\text{Treating with Schiff's reagent}$
• B. $\text{Treating with Lucas reagent}$
• C. $\text{Heating with iodine and alkali}$
• D. $\text{Treating with}Cr{O}_3\text{in dil.}{H}_{2}S{O}_4$

Answer 1

The correct option is C $\text{Heating with iodine and alkali}$

Methanol and ethanol are distinguished by a type of test known as iodoform when ethanol is warmed with iodine in the presence of $NaOH$, it forms a yellow coloured precipitate but methanol do not react positively to iodoform test.