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Alcohol: Ethanol Alcoholic Drinks Alcohol (Drug) Alcohol (Disambiguation)

The document discusses alcohol, which is an organic compound that carries at least one hydroxyl functional group bound to a saturated carbon atom. Alcohols include ethanol and methanol, and are classified as primary, secondary, or tertiary depending on whether the carbon atom is bonded to one, two, or three other carbon atoms. The document provides details on the structure and classification of different types of alcohols.

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Alcohol: Ethanol Alcoholic Drinks Alcohol (Drug) Alcohol (Disambiguation)

The document discusses alcohol, which is an organic compound that carries at least one hydroxyl functional group bound to a saturated carbon atom. Alcohols include ethanol and methanol, and are classified as primary, secondary, or tertiary depending on whether the carbon atom is bonded to one, two, or three other carbon atoms. The document provides details on the structure and classification of different types of alcohols.

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Alcohol

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This article is about the class of chemical compounds. For ethanol found in alcoholic drinks,
see Alcohol (drug). For other uses, see Alcohol (disambiguation).

Ball-and-stick model of an alcohol molecule (R3COH). The red and white balls represent the hydroxyl group (-
OH). The three "R's" stand for carbon substituents or hydrogen atoms. [1]

The bond angle between an hydroxyl group (-OH) and a chain of carbon atoms (R)

In chemistry, alcohol is an organic compound that carries at least


one hydroxyl functional group (−OH) bound to a saturated carbon atom.[2] 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 important class of
alcohols, of which methanol and ethanol are the simplest members, includes all
compounds for which the general formula is C nH2n+1OH. Simple monoalcohols that are
the subject of this article include primary (RCH2OH), secondary (R2CHOH) and tertiary
(R3COH) alcohols.

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