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Denatured alcohol with colour and foul smell is made now a days by mixing ethanol with

  • A.Methanol
  • B.\(\mathrm{ZnSO_{4}}\) and thiophene
  • C.\(\mathrm{CuSO_{4}}\) and pyridine
  • D.\(\mathrm{FeSO_{4}}\) and furan
  • E.\(\mathrm{Fe_{2}(SO_{4})_{3}}\) and hexane

Answer: C

Denatured alcohol is made by adding CuSO4 and pyridine.

Ethanol for industrial use is made unfit to drink by adding poisonous or unpleasant substances. Copper sulphate gives it a colour, and pyridine a foul smell, so it is easily recognised.

Methanol is also a denaturant (it makes methylated spirit), but it adds neither colour nor smell, which the question specifies. The other pairs are not used for this purpose.

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