Physical World
Formic acid and formaldehyde can be distinguished by treating with:
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Give one chemical test to distinguish between the following pairs of compound: Formic acid and Acetic acid.
Solution
Formic acid gives a silver mirror with tollen's reagent.
$$\underset {formic\ acid}{HCOOH} + Ag_{2}O \rightarrow H_{2}O + CO_{2} +\underset {silver\ mirror}{2Ag \downarrow}$$
Acetic acid does not give this test.
SIMILAR QUESTIONS
Physical World
When sodium formate is heated at $${360}^{o}C$$, main product is:
Physical World
When sodium formate is heated with soda lime, it forms:
Physical World
Formic acid gives the test of:
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