Question

ethylglycol
on om
c) Trihydric alcohols:- They contain three hydroxyl groups on separate carbon atoms.
CH CH CH.
om on on glycerol or glycerine
d) Polsh dric alcohols:- These alcohols have many more than three, hydroxyl groups but on
separate carbon atoms.
Role:- If more than one hydroxyl groups are attached to the same carbon atom. The compound
becomes unstable and eliminates water molecule.
OH
OH
0 HO
(
Unstable
Nomenclature of alcohols.
ans anybody​

Answer 1

Answer:- I don't quite know the reason but probably the reason is the presence of two hydroxyl group on the same carbon atom makes it highly electropositive and vulnerable to attack by very weak nucleophilic. So, a water molecules escape behind. C=O.