experiment is about spot tests for alcohols where sodium nitrite is added to concentrated sulfuric acid and a crystal of phenol.   for the result it produced a dark deep green color.   in adition to that the mixture was added to h20 and 10 percent NaOH solution for the result it also produced a dark deep green

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The experiment is about spot tests for alcohols where sodium nitrite is added to concentrated sulfuric acid and a crystal of phenol.

 

for the result it produced a dark deep green color.

 

in adition to that the mixture was added to h20 and 10 percent NaOH solution

for the result it also produced a dark deep green color

 

 

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