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ALKANOLS

CONTENT

  1. Meaning of Alkanols
  2. Classes of Alkanols
  3. Types of Alkanols
  4. Laboratory and Industrial Production of Alkanols
  5. Physical and Chemical Properties of Alkanols
  6. Laboratory Test for Alkanols
  7. Uses of Alkanols

 

 

Meaning of Alkanols

Alkanols, otherwise called alcohol, are organic compounds which consist of an alkane that contains a hydroxyl (OH) group. The general molecular formular for alkanols is CnH2n+1OH or ROH (for alcohol).

Classes of Alkanols

There are three classes of alkanols – primary, secondary and tertiary.

1. Primary (1º) alkanols: These have only one alkyls group attached to the carbon atom that carries the hydroxyl group e.g. C2H5OH, C4H9OH etc. Example:   C2H5OH,


General Structure of Primary Alkanol

2. Secondary (2º) alkanols: These have two alkyls attached to the carbon that carries the hydroxyl group e.g.

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