How could you distinguish octane from 1-octene by a simple
chemical test?

卂几丂山乇尺

As the name indicate that in 1-octene there is a double bond on the first position in the eight carbon atoms chain THUS to detect its presence, we use bromine water test;

Add bromine water to the test tube containing octane/octene if the brown colour of bromine water disappears then octene is present.

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