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What are the characteristics of alcohols?

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The diamonds are not soluble in alcohols.


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Alcohols can be considered organic equivalents of inorganic water. Alcohols can form hydrogen bonds with water and low weight alcohols are miscible in water.


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There are too many different alcohols for any question dealing with "all" alcohols to be answered. Also, the answer will depend on the relative quantities of the alcohols in the mixture.


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the alcohols have one hydroxyl group is called mono hydric alcohols


What is the total number of pentyl alcohols including stereoisomers?

The stereoisomers is one of the alcohols present. The total number of alcohols is 11. This is not a high number as one who expect.


Why is alcohol considered acid forming?

Alcohols has a polar -O-H bond. Alcohols release hydrogen ions forming -O-. So alcohols are acidic.


What hydrocarbons are acids and alcohols?

None - hydrocarbons are chemically different than acids and alcohols


Which is a polar functional group found in alcohols?

The functional group in alcohols is the hydroxyl -OH.


Why aromatic alcohols are more acidic than aliphatic alcohols?

aromatic alcohols undergo resonance which stabilizes the conjugate base, in aliphatic alcohols +I effect of alkyl group increase the -ve charge in the conjugate base thus make it unstable


Are alcohols aromatic or aliphatic?

Alcohols may be Aliphatic as Ethyl alcohol or Aromatic as Benzyl alcohol.


Why alcohols do not react with NaOH?

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