distinguish between chlorobenzene benzyl chloride?
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Solution
Chlorobenzene and benzyl chloride has chemical formula C6H5Cl and C6H5CH2Cl respectively. They can be distinguished by silver nitrate test. Silver nitrate gives white precipitate of silver chloride with benzylchloride while no precipitate obtained with chlorobenzene.
C6H5CH2Cl + AgNO3 → AgCl ↓
C6H5Cl + AgNO3 → No reaction