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Two freshly prepared white powders X and Y are analgesics. X gives effervescence with aqueous but no colour with neutral . Y gives no effervescence with but a violet colour with neutral . The correct identification and reasoning is

  1. AX is aspirin (free -COOH), Y is paracetamol (free phenolic -OH)
  2. BX is paracetamol (amide group), Y is aspirin (free -COOH)
  3. CX is paracetamol (free phenolic -OH), Y is aspirin (ester group)
  4. DX is aspirin (ester group), Y is paracetamol (amide group)

Answer: A

Effervescence with bicarbonate shows a carboxylic acid, present in aspirin. A violet FeCl3 colour shows a free phenolic -OH, present in paracetamol. In fresh aspirin the phenolic -OH is acetylated, so no colour appears.
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