How do you detect the presence of carbon and hydrogen in an unknown organic compound?
University of Ilorin CHM108 practice past question
- By heating the compound with dry copper(II) oxide (CuO)
- By fusing the compound with sodium metal
- By reacting it with concentrated sulfuric acid
- By mixing it with bromine water
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