Question

What are monohydrid alcohols? How are they classified ?

Answer 1

Hydroxyl attached with carbon atoms is alcohol. 'Mono' means one. When an alcohol has one hydroxyl group, it is known as monohydric alcohol. it can be classifies as,

i. Methanol

ii. Ethanol

iii. Isopropanol

Answer 2

Alcohols which are having only hydroxyl (-OH) group are called as monohydric alcohols.

In general, this monohydric alcohol is an organic compound with the only one alcohol functional group.

People can identify the monohydric alcohol by looking into their group which will be oxygen and hydrogen atom.

The best example for the monohydric alcohols is Ethanol and Propanol.