question_answer

Which alcohol gives blue colour in Victor Meyer's test?

A)  Butyl alcohol

B)  iso-butyl alcohol

C)  Secondary butyl alcohol

D)  Tertiary butyl alcohol

Correct Answer: C

Solution :

 Secondary butyl alcohol gives blue colour in Victor Meyer's test. \[Blue\text{ }colour\xleftarrow[{}]{NaOH}{{C}_{2}}{{H}_{5}}-\underset{\begin{smallmatrix}  | \\  C{{H}_{3}} \end{smallmatrix}}{\overset{\begin{smallmatrix}  N=O \\  | \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{C}}}\,-N{{O}_{2}}\]