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Acidity of Alcohols and Phenols

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The organic compound mixed with ethanol to make it spurious is :

A

Methanal

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B

Ethanoic acid

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C

Methanoic acid

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D

Methanol

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Solution

The correct option is D Methanol
Answer- (i) Methanol

Large proportions of methanol in ethanol is called spurious alcohol.

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