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- USES OF ALKANOL
- It is used as fuel
- It is used in the preparation of organic acids such as ethanoic acids
- It is used as a methylated spirits
- It is used in brewing industries during fermentation of beer.
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Dorcas Folake
Dorcas Folake
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∙ 9y agoAlcohol can be used for medicinal purposes, such as cleaning wounds, or even pain relief - as it was used in the eighteenth century, before things like morphine and other pain relief drugs used in hospitals.
And it can be used as fuel for fires, like if you have a bonfire or are just burning garbage, or for a fireplace for warmth, for people who don't have electricity. (Yes, there are plenty of people who live without electricity - like the Amish.)
Alcohol is also useful in cleaning, because it is fermented, like Vinegar.
But a lot of people just drink it.
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What are kinds of alcohols?
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Use of borane in THF in organic synthesis?
Borane takes aldehydes to primary alcohols and ketones to secondary alcohols it also reduces esters but only slowly
Is a diamond soluble in alcohols?
The diamonds are not soluble in alcohols.
Why teritay alcohol cannot be made by hydrogenation of aldehydes or ketones?
Ter. alcohols are those in which alpha carbon (carbon bearing halogen atom) is attached to three other carbon atoms, in aldehyde there is only one and in ketones there are two carbons attached to alpha carbon so by hydrogenation aldehydes may be converted into primary alcohols and ketones into secondary alcohols so preparation of ter. alcohols is not possible. however ketones with Grignard's reagents may produce tertiary alcohols.
How are alcohols different from hydrocarbons?
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The alcohols are organic equivalents of inorganic?
Alcohols can be considered organic equivalents of inorganic water. Alcohols can form hydrogen bonds with water and low weight alcohols are miscible in water.
What is the density of all alcohols together?
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.
What are three functional groups found in cortisol?
2 alcohols, 2 keytones, and 1 Alkene(C=C)
What kind of alcohols can be used to prepare aldehydes?
All primary (10) alcohols may be oxidized to aldehydes.
Why tertiary alcohol is more reactive?
Tertiary alcohols are also bonded to three other carbon atoms (whereas secondary alcohols are bonded to two, primary alcohols to one). These other carbon atoms share their electronegative charges with the middle carbon.
What are three ways intoxication can lead to death?
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