PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

• WHAT TYPE OF INTERMOLECULAR FORCES ARE FOUND BETWEEN ALCOHOL MOLECULES?

  hydrogen bonding
• WHY IS HYDROGEN BONDING FOUND BETWEEN ALCOHOL MOLECULES?

  OH group
• WHAT DOES HYDROGEN BONDING RESULT IN FOR ALCOHOLS IN COMPARISON TO ALKANES?

  higher melting/ boiling points
• WHAT CAN BOND TO WATER MOLECULES IN ALCOHOLS?

  OH group
• WHAT CANNOT BOND TO WATER MOLECULES IN ALCOHOLS?

  non-polar hydrocarbon chain
• ARE ALCOHOLS WITH A SHORT CHAIN SOLUBLE OR INSOLUBLE IN WATER?

  soluble
• WHY ARE ALCOHOLS WITHA SHORT CHAIN SOLUBLE IN WATER?

  hydrogen bonding predominates
• ARE ALCOHOLS WITH A LONG CHAIN SOLUBLE OR INSOLUBLE IN WATER?

  insoluble
• WHY ARE ALCOHOLS WITH A LONG CHAIN INSOLUBLE IN WATER?

  chain dominates
• HOW REACTIVE ARE ALCOHOLS?

  relatively reactive