Show how you would use simple chemical tests to distinguish between the following pairs of compounds. In each case,describe what you would do and what you would observe. ) butan-2-ol and 2-methylbutan-2-ol

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Show how you would use simple chemical tests to distinguish between the following pairs of compounds. In each case,
describe what you would do and what you would observe.
 ) butan-2-ol and 2-methylbutan-2-ol

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