While identifying alcohols in an industrial lab, a chemist finds that only one primary alcohol gives a positive iodoform test. Identify it.
Q1. While identifying alcohols in an industrial lab, a chemist finds that only one primary alcohol gives a positive iodoform test. Identify it.
Answer: Ethanol
Explanation: Ethanol is the only primary alcohol that gives a positive iodoform test because it is oxidized to acetaldehyde, a methyl carbonyl.