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Aldehydes, Ketones And Carboxylic Acids

Question
CBSEENCH12008634

Give simple tests to distinguish between the following pairs of compounds:
Ethanal and propanal

Solution
Ethanal and Propanal: Ethanal gives yellow ppt. of iodoform when heated with iodine and NaOH.
CH subscript 3 CHO space rightwards arrow with straight I subscript 2 divided by NaOH on top space stack CHI subscript 3 with Iodoform below plus HCOONa
Propanal does not give iodoform test.