Methyl alcohol can be distinguished from ethyl alcohol using

Methyl alcohol can be distinguished from ethyl alcohol using
  1. Fehling solution
  2. Schiff's reagent
  3. Sodium hydroxide and iodine
  4. Phthalein fusion test

Solution

Ethyl Alcohol gives iodoform test
$\mathrm{C}_{2} \mathrm{H}_{5} \mathrm{OH} \frac{\mathrm{NaOH} / 1_{2}}{\text { lodoform Teste }} \longrightarrow \mathrm{CHI}_{3}$ (yellow ppt)
$\mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{OH} \stackrel{\mathrm{NaOH} / \mathrm{L}_{2}}{\longrightarrow}$ No ppt. /

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