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TRIIODOMETHANE TEST: Take a solution of IODINE AND SODIUM HYDROXIDE and put it in the alcohol solution. The OBSERVATIONS YOU SEE ARE AS FOLLOWS:
If the solution is of ethanol, a very pale-coloured ppt will form but if the alcohol was other like propane-1-ol or propane-2-ol, no precipitate is formed but a urine coloured pale yellow SOLUTION is formed.
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