There have been cases where wine has been mistakenly adulterated with ethylene glycol (,2-ethanediol, bp760 97.6 ˚C). As a forensic chemist, suggest how would you use GLC to prove conclusively that ethylene glycol was actually present?

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There have been cases where wine has been mistakenly adulterated with ethylene glycol (,2-ethanediol, bp760 97.6 ˚C). As a forensic chemist, suggest how would you use GLC to prove conclusively that ethylene glycol was actually present?

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