Chemical formula for alcohol

Answer 1

Alcohol doesn't have a set chemical formula. Rather any organic compound with a functional hydroxyl (-OH) group attached to a saturated carbon atom is considered an alcohol. Drinking alcohol, or ethanol, has the chemical formula of C2H5OH.

Answer 2

Depends on the alcohol:

1. Methyl alcohol, the simplest alcohol is methane with a hydroxyl group replacing one of the 4 hydrogens - CH3OH
2. Ethyl alcohol, the drinkable alcohol is ethane with a hydroxyl group replacing one of the 6 hydrogens - C2H5OH
3. And so it continues, take a hydrocarbon and replace one hydrogen with a hydroxyl group

Answer 3

The general chemical formula for alcohols is CnH2n+1OH, where n represents the number of carbon atoms in the alcohol molecule. For example, ethanol (commonly known as drinking alcohol) has the chemical formula C2H5OH.

Answer 4

Formula: R-OH

Where R is an organic group

Answer 5

Ethyl alcohol is C2H6O. It is often written as C2H5OH to distinguish it from its isomer, dimethyl ether.

Answer 6

The drinking alcohol (ethanol) has the chemical formula C2H5OH.

Answer 7

CnH2n+1OH

Answer 8

C2H60 or C2H5-OH

Answer 9

HOCl HOCl