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'Alcohols' are a chemical functional group .

However, if you mean the 'alcohol', that is in beers wines and spirits. , then the elements present are Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen, and is named 'Ethanol(Ethyl Alcohol).

The correct chemical name is 'ethanol ( ethyl alcohol)'. Its chemical formula is

'CH3-CH2OH' .

NB The Alcohol Functional Group contains R - CH2OH '. 'R' being the rest of the molecule.

Other examples of of alcohols are

Methanol (Methyl Alcohol) ; H-CH2OH

Pronpan-1-ol (n-propyl alcohol) ; CH3CH2CH2OH

Propan-2-ol (iso-propyl alcohol) ; CH3-CHOH-CH3.

Butan-1-ol ; CH3CH2CH2CH2OH

Butan-2-ol ; CH3-CH2-CHOH-CH3.

et seq.,

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lenpollock

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