Question
How will you distinguish between:
I2CH-CH3 and ICH2-CH2I
Solution
1,1 dibromoethane on treatment with KOH (aq) gives acetaldehyde which on heating with tollen’s regents (amm. AgNO3) gives silver mirror test.
1,2 dibromoethane on treatment with KOH(aq) gives ethylene glycol which gives pink colour with ceric ammonium nitrate.