Alcohols

  • Malcolm A. Fox
Chapter

Abstract

Alcohols are a class of organic compounds containing one or more hydroxyl groups (-OH) attached to a carbon atom that exists in one of four configurations:
  1. 1.

    Attached to no other carbon atom, i.e., methanol.

     
  2. 2.

    Bonded to one other carbon atom, a primary alcohol.

     
  3. 3.

    Bonded to two other carbon atoms, a secondary alcohol.

     
  4. 4.

    Bonded to three carbon atoms, tertiary alcohols, such as tert-amyl alcohol.

     

Keywords

Carbon Atom Sugar Cane Alcoholic Beverage Primary Alcohol Secondary Alcohol 
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References

  1. CFR21.
    Formulas for Denatured Alcohol and Rum,Part 21, Title 27-Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms, Code of Federal Regulations; Office of the Federal Register, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration: WashingtonGoogle Scholar
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    Hawley’s Condensed Chemical Dictionary,11th Edition; Sax, N. Irving and Lewis, Richard J., Sr.; Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, 1987Google Scholar
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    Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology,4th Edition; John Wiley & Sons: New York, 1995Google Scholar
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    Materials Handbook,12th Edition; Brady, G.S. and Clauser, H.R.; McGraw-Hill: New York 1986Google Scholar
  5. SSD.
    Stewart’s Scientific Dictionary,4th Edition; Stewart, Jeffery R.; Stewart Research Laboratory: Franconia, 1953Google Scholar

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  • Malcolm A. Fox

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