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Nomenclature of Alcohols
Compounds containing more than one OH group are named diols, triols, etc.
CH2 CH2
OH OH
1,2-Ethanediol (Ethylene glycol)
CH3 CHCH2 HO OH
Alcohols are polar compounds
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• they interact with themselves and with other polar compounds by dipole-dipole interactions
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Hydrogen Bonding
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Physical Properties
Ethanol and dimethyl ether are constitutional isomers.
Their boiling points are dramatically different
contain an unshared pair of electrons
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Nomenclature-Alcohols
IUPAC names
• the parent chain is the longest chain that contains the OH group
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Nomenclature-Alcohols
Examples
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