With a yellow solution of ceric ammonium nitrate, which of the following gives a red colour?

Aethoxyethane
Bethanol
Cethyl ethanoate
Dphenol

Answer: B

Alcohols form a red alkoxo-cerium(IV) complex with ceric ammonium nitrate. Phenols instead give a brown-green precipitate, and esters and ethers give no such colour.

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