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JEE CHEMISTRY MCQ: ALCOHOLS & PHENOLS & ETHERS
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Assertion: Ethanol can be distinguished from methanol using iodoform test.
Reason: Ethanol has a methyl group attached to a carbon containing hydroxyl groups.
Reason: Ethanol has a methyl group attached to a carbon containing hydroxyl groups.
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Correct option: A
Both assertion and reason are correct statements, and reason is the correct explanation of the assertion.
Option A (Both assertion and reason are correct statements, and reason is the correct explanation of the assertion) is correct because ethanol gives a positive iodoform test due to the presence of a methyl group attached to a carbon bearing a hydroxyl group.
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