what are the chemical properties of alcohol?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Properties Of Alcohol

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what are the chemical properties of alcohol?

Answer 4

alocohol mainly combines with organic acids to form esters(sweet smelling liquids). that's the only chemical property i guess. the rest like boiling point and all are physical properties. alcohols have the general formula of CnH2n+1OH. The functional group is OH(hydroxyl group). This is the one responsible for the ester bond in esters. there are some other biological uses of alcohol, like killing microbes as they are dehydrating agents being miscible in water.

Answer 5

In chemistry, an alcohol is any organic compound in which a hydroxyl group (-OH) is bound to a carbon atom of an alkyl or substituted alkyl group. The general formula for a simple acyclic alcohol is CnH2n+1OH.

In general usage, alcohol refers almost always to ethanol, also known as grain alcohol, a colorless, volatile liquid with a strong smell formed by the fermentation of sugars. It also often refers to any beverage that contains ethanol (see alcoholic beverage). This sense underlies the term alcoholism (addiction to alcohol). As a drug, ethanol is known to have a depressing effect that decreases the responses of the central nervous system (see effects of alcohol on the body). Other forms of alcohol are usually described with a clarifying adjective, as in isopropyl alcohol or by the suffix -ol, as in isopropanol.

Answer 6

In chemistry, an alcohol is any organic compound in which a hydroxyl group (-OH) is bound to a carbon atom of an alkyl or substituted alkyl group. The general formula for a simple acyclic alcohol is CnH2n+1OH.

In general usage, alcohol refers almost always to ethanol, also known as grain alcohol, a colorless, volatile liquid with a strong smell formed by the fermentation of sugars. It also often refers to any beverage that contains ethanol (see alcoholic beverage). This sense underlies the term alcoholism (addiction to alcohol). As a drug, ethanol is known to have a depressing effect that decreases the responses of the central nervous system (see effects of alcohol on the body). Other forms of alcohol are usually described with a clarifying adjective, as in isopropyl alcohol or by the suffix -ol, as in isopropanol.


Structure:
The functional group of an alcohol is a hydroxyl group bonded to an sp³ hybridized carbon. It can therefore be regarded as a derivative of water, with an alkyl group replacing one of the hydrogens. If an aryl group is present rather than an alkyl, the compound is generally called a phenol rather than an alcohol. Also, if the hydroxyl group is bonded to one of the sp² hybridized carbons of an alkenyl group, the compound is referred to as an enol. The oxygen in an alcohol has a bond angle of around 109° (c.f. 104.5° in water), and two nonbonded electron pairs. The O-H bond in methanol (CH3OH) is around 96 picometres long.


Primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols:
There are three major subsets of alcohols- 'primary' (1°), 'secondary' (2°) and 'tertiary' (3°), based upon the number of carbons the C-OH carbon (shown in red) is bonded to. Methanol is the simplest 'primary' alcohol. The simplest secondary alcohol is isopropanol (propan-2-ol), and a simple tertiary alcohol is tert-butanol (2-methylpropan-2-ol).

The phenols with parent compound phenol have a hydroxyl group (attached to an benzene ring) just like alcohols but differ sufficiently in properties to warrant a separate treatment.


Methanol & ethanol:
The simplest and most commonly used alcohols are methanol and ethanol (common names methyl alcohol and ethyl alcohol, respectively), which have the structures shown above.

Methanol was formerly obtained by the distillation of wood, and was called "wood alcohol." It is now a cheap commodity, chemical produced by the high pressure reaction of carbon monoxide with hydrogen. In common usage, "alcohol" often refers simply to ethanol or "grain alcohol." Methylated spirits ("Meths"), also called "surgical spirits," is a form of ethanol rendered undrinkable by the addition of methanol. Aside from its major use in alcoholic beverages, ethanol is also used (although highly controlled) as an industrial solvent and raw material.

Answer 7

There are probably as many properties of each alcohol as there are different types of alcohol.

Answer 8

Alcohol contains the hydroxyl functional group. Alcohols can undergo combustion, oxidation and nucleophilic substitution. Primary alcohols are oxidised to aldehydes, which can be further oxidised to carboxylic acids. Secondary alcohols are oxidised to ketones.

Answer 9

The chemical formula for alcohol is CnH2n+1OH.

Answer 10

Which alcohol
I presume you mean ethanol
if so
Clear colorless liquid
Distillate
C2H5OH
BOILING POINT =78.3 c
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