alcohols Flashcards
Alcohols
Alcohols are a senes of organic compounds with the functional group- O-M and their names
ending in -ol
No. of C
in the chain
Displayed Formula
Molecular
Famula
Name
1
H-¢ -O-H
2
СНОН
CH
CH
OV
Methanol
3
H - C - C-0-H
н н
HHH
H-С-с- с - о-н
Ethanol
4
HHHH
H- С- С - С-с- о-н
MH HH
СН
CH
Ov
С3Н
0H
CH
CH
OV
С
НОН
Propanol
Butand
Alcohos are used as fuels
solvents and disinfectants; ethandl is the alcohol in alcohe
covalendly bonded
it doesn’t break of and form OH ions
Alcohols combust with oxygen to give COz and water
СН
OH + 30
283
Sodium reacts with alconol like it does with water
just less violently
hydrogen gas.
Alcohols can tumn into compounds called carboxylic acids if they are exposed to oxygen ar
reacted with oxidising agents