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How would you distinguish experimentally between an alcohol and a carboxylic acid?

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Carboxylic acid on reaction with sodium carbonate produces carbon dioxide gas which turns lime water milky whereas alcohols do not give this reaction.

Reaction of Carboxylic acid with sodium carbonate:

2CH₃COOH + Na₂CO₃ → 2CH₃COONa + H₂O + CO₂

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