Alcohol Functional Group

Alcohol is a word that is familiar to both organic chemists and the average person. Learn about alcohol in the context of organic chemistry, including its structure, classification, nomenclature, reactions, and real-world examples of alcohols and their uses.

Topics

  • dehydration reactions
  • functional groups
  • naming alcohols
  • IUPAC naming
  • primary alcohols
  • secondary alcohols
  • tertiary alcohols
  • Grignard reagents
  • alcohol structure
  • phenol
  • nomenclature
  • substitution reactions
  • addition reactions
  • reduction reactions
  • elimination reactions
  • oxidation reactions
  • esterification