How Do You Learn And Understand The Chemistry Of Alcohol?
• Learn what are alcohols. Alcohols are a group of organic compounds that are characterized by the presence of hydroxyl groups on a carbon atoms skeleton. The presence of the hydroxyl group on the organic compound imparts unusual chemical and physical properties to the molecule. The hydroxyl group contains OH group that polarizes the • C-O bond giving it chemical reactivity towards chemical reagents such as acids and bases. The presence of the OH group also gives physical properties to the compound such as high boiling point. • Learn what the chemistry behind these organic compounds. The presence of the OH group also gives the alcohol the ability to form hydrogen bonding between the alcohol molecules. This hydrogen bonding is responsible for the usual high boiling points of the various alcohols. The reactivity of alcohols is attributed to the polar nature of the C-O bond. Due to this characteristic alcohols have a rich chemistry of organic transformations that are usually exploited in
