Alcohols Definition and 27 Threads

I’m still a relative newbie to chemistry so if this question is very simple to answer I apologise….. but what prevents the oxidation of a tertiary alcohol cause you can form an aldehyde and carboxylic acid from a primary alcohol and a ketone from a secondary but what is it that prevents a...

I thought that the compound would be named 2-bromo-propan-1-ol, but the answer sheet says that it is 3-bromopropanol. But don't you have to indicate the position of the OH group with carbon numbers? My textbook says that CH3CH2CH2OH would be named 1-propanol. Here, it seems like the position of...

I know fusel alcohol is not an official term, and my chemistry is rusty, but is there an easy way to test for fusel alcohols in a primarily ethanol/water mixture? Basically, any alcohol that isn't ethanol? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusel_alcohol

Homework Statement Please see question number 31 http://cms.fiitjee.co/Resources/DownloadCentre/Document_Pdf_183.pdf Homework Equations none The Attempt at a Solution i got up to second step in the solution(scroll downwards) but in the last step a carbocation is formed and double bond can...

I'm looking for examples of some interesting compounds that contain alcohol functional group (please, no joke suggestions about various liquor). Bonus points for creativity/thinking-outside-the-box. Thanks.

I have read from a book that from the following reaction H2O + R-O- - - - - > R-O-H + O--H We can conclude that water is a better proton donor (Bronsted acid) than alcohol. But how did they conclude so? I can figure out the reason on basis of electronegativity concepts but how to do so from...

Hello, I was just thinking about the pungent smell of alcohols and if they increase as the molar mass of the alcohol increases. For example, if I were to have samples of methanol, ethanol, propan-1-ol, butan-1-ol, and pentan-1-ol all at room temperature, would the alcohol's with the highest...

I've learned that tertiary alcohols can't be oxidised because the carbon bearing the OH contains no hydrogen atoms. But why can't the oxygen just take the hydrogen from the OH and another hydrogen from another carbon atom on the molecule? I also read that it would involve breaking a C-C bond...

I thought that the reason was the presence of a double bond would allow oxygen to exert a stronger pull on the electrons making the co bond as compared to when their was only a double bind between the two but then I remembered that inductance happens only through sigma bonds So why are...

Hi everybody. I'm doing a project on alcohols that's due tomorrow. I'm really getting into it today. I was wondering if anybody had good links for information about alcohol. Everything I search keeps bringing up drinking alcohol. Even though my focus is on ethanol, I don't want my project...

How do we figure out the class of the alcohol if there is more than one hydroxyl group attached to the main HC chain? For example, I know that CH3 - CH2 - OH is PRIMARY But what about something like OH...OH CH2 - CH - CH2 - CH (The ... is to take up space so that the OH's are on top...

Given that KMnO4 oxidises primary alcohols to aldehydes and secondary alcohols to ketones, and that in a mixture secondary alcohols will oxidise first (correct?). What's the order of preference of primary alcohols that will most readily oxidise first. The highest molecular weight first...

This is a matter of some curiosity to me. Deliquescence was often mentioned in chemistry, and I've seen at work, but is this phenomina limited to a few special cases, such as water? Are the intermolecular forces between any organic compounds sufficeint to essentially "drown" the solute in...

Q. Draw the structure for all possible alkenes & the alcohols from which they can be prepared. CH3-CH=CH-CH2-CH3 <---- CH3-CHOH-CH2-CH2-CH3 CH2=CH-CH2-CH2-CH3 <---- CH2OH-CH2-CH2-CH2-CH3 Both in the presence of H+ & heat. I also drew Cyclopentanol from which we can prepare...

Question How many alcohols do not react with K_2Cr_2O_7 ? Alcohols have the molecular formula C_4 H_{10} O. Attempt at solution K_2Cr_2O_7 is an oxidazing agent. The tertiary alcohol cannot be oxidised with it, but you can oxidise secondary alcohols (Source...

I'm confused as to what alcohols really are. I keep reading that an alcohol is an "ALKYL" group with a hydroxyl group attached to it but then I see that definition being contradicted by the exact same person that wrote it. The claim its an ALKYL group but they give examples which list...

1. What is the trend of melting points for primary alcohols? I can't understand why melting points dramatically change such as the increase is molecular weight. The melting points doesn't increase nor decrease but they increase and decrease differently when you increase the molecular weight...

[SOLVED] Oxidation of secondary alcohols I need help on the oxidation of alcohols. I want to know if butan-2-ol was partially oxidised would it result in butanone. Also what does the full oxidation of butan-2-ol result in? (I think it is butanoic acid but I am not sure. )

Given: Draw structural formulas for all the alcohols that have the molecular formula C5H11OH. Name each one and classify them as primary, secondary, or tertiary alcohols. Describe how they are formed and give two uses for this type of alcohol. Solution: I am still at the naming portion but...

After drawing the 8 alcohols with the formula C5H11OH, I'm asked to "Describe how they are formed and give two uses for this type of alcohol." The only example in my text for this is the hydration of an alkene which, at a glance, wouldn't make sense for 2,2-dimethyl 1 propanol. Is this one...

I have a question about the general dehydration experiment. Why is the alkene that was distilled from the dehydration reaction washed with a base solution? Is this to neutralize the remaining traces of acid? Thanks.

Let's say you mixed propanol and HCl, would you just get water and 1-chloro-propane?

What are all the alcohols with that molecular formula?

I simply want to check that these equations are balanced correctly: 2CH_3OH_{(g)} + 3O_2_{(g)} \rightarrow 2CO_2_{(g)} + 4H_2O_{(l)} CH_3CH_2OH_{(g)} + 3O_2_{(g)} \rightarrow 2CO_2_{(g)} + 3H_2O_{(l)} 2CH_3CH(OH)CH_3_{(g)} + 9O_2_{(g)} \rightarrow 6CO_2_{(g)} + 8H_2O_{(l)}...

I'm addited to Orbit gum, and they tout it as being good for your teeth. It has no sugar (in the glucose/sucrose sense), but it has "sugar alcohols" listed as the only ingredient of any import. So, are "sugar alcohols" somehow magically sweet and yet not bad for your teeth, or by chewing Orbit...

hi. I am in grade11 chemistry and have a few questions regarding alcohols and solubility in water (polar/non-polar molecules). 1) how does the OH groups in surcrose and glycerin help them to be water soluble? 2) what would you use to clean your hands and the paint brush after painting...

hi. I am in grade11 chemistry and have a few questions regarding alcohols and solubility in water (polar/non-polar molecules). 1) how does the OH groups in surcrose and glycerin help them to be water soluble? 2) what would you use to clean your hands and the paint brush after painting...