EXPERIMENT NO - 2 (ALCOHOL

AIM TO IDENTIFY THE FUNCTIONAL GROUP PRESENT

PRELIMINARY TEST
COLOUR COLOURLESS
ODOUR ALCOHOLIC SMELL
SOLUBILITY SOLUBLE IN WATER

S.NO. EXPERIMENT

BAEYER'S TEST :- ADD ALKALINE

KMnO4 TO THE SAMPLE OF ORGANIC
1 COMPOUND

LITMUS TEST :- PLACE A DROP OF

ORGANIC COMPOUND ON RED AND
BLUE LITMUS PAPER
2

SODIUM BI CARBONATE TEST :- 1 ML

OF O.C. AND ADD A PINCH OF NaHCo3
3

CERIC AMMONIUM NITRATE TEST :-

4 O.C. + CERIC AMMONIUM NITRATE

SODIUM METAL TEST :- O.C. IN A DRY

TEST TUBE + CaCl2, DECANT THE
5
SOLUTION ADD SMALL PIECE OF Na
METAL WHICH IS DRIED PREVIOUSLY
 ESTER TEST :- O.C. +1ML ACETIC ACID
+ 1-2 DROP OF CONC. SULPHURIC ACID
6 THAN HEAT IT IN A WATER BATH AND
THAN POUR THE CONTENTS IN A
BEAKER CONTAINING WATER

IODOFORM TEST :- 1 ML OF O.C. + I2

7
CRYSTAL & NaOH

RESULT
MENT NO - 2 (ALCOHOL)

NAL GROUP PRESENT IN THE GIVEN ORGANIC COMPOUND.

OBSERVATION INFERANCE

PINK COLOUR OF KMnO4

SATURATED COMPOUND
DISCHARGED

CARBOXYLIC ACID (-COOH)

NO CHANGE OR ALCOHOLIC (-OH) GROUP
MAY BE PRESENT

CARBOXYLIC ACID (-COOH)

NO GAS EVOLVED
ABSENT

PINK / RED COLOUR ALCOHOLIC GROUP (-OH)

APPEARS MAY BE PRESENT

BRISK EFFERVESENCE DUE ALCOHOLIC (-OH) GROUP

TO H2 GAS OCCURS CONFIRMED
 ALCOHOLIC (-OH) GROUP
FRUITY SMELL
CONFIRMED

ALCOHOLIC (-OH) GROUP

FORMATION OF YELLOW
WITH CH3CH(OH)-
PPT. OF NaI
CONFIRMED

THE GIVEN ORGANIC COMPOUND CONTAINS

ALCOHOLIC (-OH) GROUP.