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They've got an oxygen atom between the carbon backbone (or atom, in the case of methanol) and a hydrogen atom at one or more points. This pair of atoms, an oxygen and a hydrogen, is called a hydroxyl group.
There are a LOT of different alcohols. Some have only one hydroxyl group. These are the monohydric alcohols, of which there are three: methanol, ethanol and isopropanol. Some have two, and these are the diols. The glycols are diols. Alcohols with three hydroxyl groups are triols. Glycerol is a triol. The final group are the polyols, which have more than three hydroxyls - in most cases thousands of them. Most polyols are used to make plastic.
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Are alcohols saturated hydrocarbons?
Yes
What is a compound that contains carbon and hydrogen atoms?
Compounds that contain ONLY carbon and hydrogen are named as 'hydrocarbons'. Some examples;_ Methane, Ethene, Octane. Alcohols and carboxylic acids are NOT hydrocarbons, because they also contain oxygen.
Alcohols are organic compounds that contain?
Hydrocarbons are the organic compounds containing molecules with carbon and hydrogen.
The chemical properties of substituted hydrocarbons are not different than the properties of the original hydrocarbons?
True. The chemical properties of substituted hydrocarbons aren't different than the properties of the original hydrocarbons.
Are the chemical properties of substituted hydrocarbons different than the properties of the original hydrocarbon?
True. The chemical properties of substituted hydrocarbons aren't different than the properties of the original hydrocarbons.
What hydrocarbons are acids and alcohols?
None - hydrocarbons are chemically different than acids and alcohols
Are alcohols saturated hydrocarbons?
Yes
Why are alcohols soluble in polar solvents while hydrocarbons are not?
Ionic compounds (like alcohols) are soluble only in polar solvents (eg. water).
What kind of substance is oil?
Crude oil is a mixture of lots of different organic chemicals, there is alkanes (methane, ethane, propane ... octane ... C18H38) and alkalies, alcohols and lots of different hydrocarbons.
What kind of substance is crude oil?
Crude oil is a mixture of lots of different organic chemicals, there is alkanes (methane, ethane, propane ... octane ... C18H38) and alkalies, alcohols and lots of different hydrocarbons.
What is the difference between alochol and oil?
Both alcohols and oil are organic compounds. The hydrocarbons in crude oil are mostly alkanes, cycloalkanes and various aromatic hydrocarbons, and tend not to contain oxygen, nitrogen, etc. Alcohols DO contain oxygen, in the form of the functional -OH alcoholic group. Alcohols are more reactive than the compounds in oil.
What is a compound that contains carbon and hydrogen atoms?
Compounds that contain ONLY carbon and hydrogen are named as 'hydrocarbons'. Some examples;_ Methane, Ethene, Octane. Alcohols and carboxylic acids are NOT hydrocarbons, because they also contain oxygen.
Alcohols are organic compounds that contain?
Hydrocarbons are the organic compounds containing molecules with carbon and hydrogen.
Why are alkenes from alcohols not used on an industrial scale?
Since alcohols are obtained by hydration of alkenes, it is meaningless to manufacture alkenes from alkanes. Moreover, cracking hydrocarbons is a more effective and economical to make alkenes. Shawkat
Are alcohols hydrocarbons?
Hydrocarbons are organic compounds that only contain carbon and hydrogen.Alcohols are not hydrocarbons, as they also contain oxygen atoms.To convert a long-chain hydrocarbon into an alcohol, 1st cracking must be carried out, breaking the long-chain into smaller molecules and alkenes (hydrocarbons with carbon-carbon double bonds) and 2ndly the alkenes must be hydrated (at high temperature and pressure in presence of a catalyst).Example:1. Cracking (540°C, catalyst)decane (a hydrocarbon) C10H22 → pentane C5H12 + propene CH2=CH-CH3 + ethene CH2=CH22. Hydration (570°C, 60-70 atm, a catalyst such as phosphoric acid)ethene CH2=CH2 + H2O → ethanol (an alcohol) CH3CH2OH
The chemical properties of substituted hydrocarbons are not different than the properties of the original hydrocarbons?
True. The chemical properties of substituted hydrocarbons aren't different than the properties of the original hydrocarbons.
How are hydrocarbons different?
One of these hydrocarbons is longer than the other.
