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Ethanol (CH₃CH₂OH) oxidizes to acetaldehyde, which reacts with I₂ and NaOH in the iodoform test to form iodoform (CHI₃), a yellow precipitate.
Ref: NCERT Class 12 Chemistry > Chapter 7: Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers > Topic: Classification and Nomenclature and Structures of Alcohols Phenols Ethers
PBr₃ converts ethanol to ethyl bromide ( CH₃CH₂Br ) by replacing the OH group with Br.
Ref: NCERT Class 12 Chemistry > Chapter 6: Haloalkanes and Haloarenes > Topic: Polyhalogen Compounds - Chloroform Iodoform DDT Freons
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