6.3.6 - Alcohol Names and Structures

• alcohols

  compounds with an -OH funtional group
• general formula of alcohols

  C(n)H(2n+1)OH
• primary alcohol

  carbon -OH is attached to is attached to one alkyl group

  exeption: methanol is a primary alcohol
• secondary alcohol

  carbon atom -OH is bonded to is bonded to two other alkyl groups
• tertiary alcohol

  carbon -OH is attached to is attached to three other alkyl groups
• uses of alcohols

  solvents

  fuels