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Why cant we distinguish between a benzyl alcohol and a phenol by disolving them in HCl? I thought its the lucas test and we can do it to distingyish them.
laya533 said:Why cant we distinguish between a benzyl alcohol and a phenol by disolving them in HCl? I thought its the lucas test and we can do it to distingyish them.
liverotcod said:The Lucas test requires a zinc chloride reagent, in addition to the HCl.
laya533 said:No, it did not ask about the lucas. It just said that these 2 compounds cannot be seperated based on their activity with HCl. But I think we can. Why am I wrong?
laya533 said:Why cant we distinguish between a benzyl alcohol and a phenol by disolving them in HCl? I thought its the lucas test and we can do it to distingyish them.
laya533 said:It just said that these 2 compounds cannot be seperated based on their activity with HCl.
adiddas125 said:In benzyl alcohol it looks like it will be a primary carbocation when H2O leaves, and will become a secondary carbocation if, water leaves from this compd.