Phenol can be distinguished from alcohol with

Phenol can be distinguished from alcohol with
  1. Tollens reagent
  2. Schiff's base
  3. Neutral $\mathrm{FeCl}_{3}$
  4. $\mathrm{HCl}$

Solution

Due to the formation of complex $\left[\mathrm{Fe}\left(O C_{6} H_{5}ight)_{6}ight]$ Phenol gives violet colour with neutral $\mathrm{FeCl}_{3}$ .

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