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define alcohols.give an example​

Answer 1

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Alcohol, any of a class of organic compounds characterized by one or more hydroxyl (―OH) groups attached to a carbon atom of an alkyl group (hydrocarbon chain). ... For example, in ethanol (or ethyl alcohol) the alkyl group is the ethyl group, ―CH2CH3.

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Answer 2

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The four most common alcohols, which are also the simplest, are methanol (CH3OH), ethanol(C2H5OH), propanol (C3H7OH) and butanol (C4H9OH). ... If the hydroxyl (-OH) group is attached to a methane backbone, the compound is called methanol or methyl alcohol. If the backbone is butane, the alcohol formed is butanol.

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