2007-01-08 10:59:22 · 5 answers · asked by BeC 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
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Alcohols (plural) are a family of organic compound characterised by a hydroxyl (-OH) group on a carbon-chain backbone. That carbon chain may be short: methyl alcohol has only one carbon. Or, it may be long and complex.
If you are asking about ethyl alcohol (ethanol), as found in whisky or gas-o-hol, it has an ethane carbon backbone, and so, two carbons. Its formula is:
CH3CH2-OH
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2007-01-08 11:01:32 · answer #1 · answered by Jerry P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An alcohol is a hydrocarbon with at least one -OH on it. So put a bunch of carbons and hydrogens together and then link a -OH to one of the carbons.
2007-01-08 11:04:12 · answer #2 · answered by IMHOTEP 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Methyl Alcohol
H
H-C-O
H-H
2007-01-08 11:30:26 · answer #3 · answered by nicholsmusic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is for Ethanol. That is the alcohol that we drink to get funny.
C2H5OH
....H H
H-C-C-O-H
....H H
Sorry for the .... in the formula, but I don't know how else to draw it.
2007-01-08 11:07:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, simply it's R-OH... it is easy, if you have C8H18 you just write C8H17 and add OH (C8H17-OH), (in this case R is C8H17-)
I hope I helped you :)
2007-01-08 12:14:04 · answer #5 · answered by rakica 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋