Q. Functional group present in alcohols
Solution:
- The term alcohol originally referred to the primary alcohol ethanol (ethyl alcohol), which is used as a drug and is the main alcohol present in alcoholic beverages.
- An alcohol is an organic compound with a hydroxyl (OH) functional group on an aliphatic carbon atom.
- Because, OH is the functional group of all alcohols, we often represent alcohols by the general formula ROH, where R is an alkyl group.
- Alcohols are common in nature.
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