Classification Of Alcohol With Examples
Alcohols are compound that contains OH -1 compound. The OH -1 must attached to alkyl group and they have general formula of CnH 2 n+1OH. Classification Of Alcohols Monohydric Alcohols Dihydric Alcohols Pilyhydric Alcohols Monohydric Alcohols : These are alcohols that contains one OH group on it molecules. Examples are CH 3 OH, CH 3 CH 2 OH,CH 3 CH 2 CH 2 OH e.t.c they can exist in different form . Dihydric Alcohols : This are those alcohol that contains two OH group in their compound. Examples are C-C , C-C-C-C, e.t.c Pilyhydric Alcohols : They are those alcohol that has more than two OH Group. Examples are C-C-C