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  2. Alcohol (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    The term alcohol originally referred to the primary alcohol ethanol (ethyl alcohol), which is used as a drug and is the main alcohol present in alcoholic drinks. The suffix -ol appears in the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) chemical name of all substances where the hydroxyl group is the functional group with the ...

  3. Ethanol - Wikipedia

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    Ethanol (also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, drinking alcohol, or simply alcohol) is an organic compound with the chemical formula CH 3 CH 2 OH. It is an alcohol, with its formula also written as C 2 H 5 OH, C 2 H 6 O or EtOH, where Et stands for ethyl. Ethanol is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid with a characteristic wine-like ...

  4. 1-Butanol - Wikipedia

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    1-Butanol, also known as butan-1-ol or n-butanol, is a primary alcohol with the chemical formula C 4 H 9 OH and a linear structure. Isomers of 1-butanol are isobutanol, butan-2-ol and tert-butanol.

  5. Butanol - Wikipedia

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    Butanol (also called butyl alcohol) is a four-carbon alcohol with a formula of C 4 H 9 O H, which occurs in five isomeric structures (four structural isomers), from a straight-chain primary alcohol to a branched-chain tertiary alcohol; [1] all are a butyl or isobutyl group linked to a hydroxyl group (sometimes represented as BuOH, sec-BuOH, i-BuOH, and t-BuOH).

  6. Glossary of chemical formulae - Wikipedia

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    Al 6 BeO 10: beryllium aluminium oxide: 12253-74-6 Al 6 O 13 Si 2: mullite: 1302-93-8 ArClF: argon chloride fluoride: 53169-15-6 ArClH: argon chloride hydride: 163731-17-7 ArFH: argon fluoride hydride: 163731-16-6 AsBrO: arsenic oxybromide: 82868-10-8 AsBr 3: arsenic tribromide: 7784-33-0 AsClO: arsenic monoxide monochloride: 14525-25-8 AsCl 3 ...

  7. Phenethyl alcohol - Wikipedia

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    Phenethyl alcohol, or 2-phenylethanol, is an organic compound with the chemical formula C 6 H 5 CH 2 CH 2 OH. It is a colourless liquid with a pleasant floral odor. It occurs widely in nature, being found in a variety of essential oils. It is slightly soluble in water (2 ml per 100 ml of H 2 O), but miscible with most organic solvents.

  8. 2,2,2-Trifluoroethanol - Wikipedia

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    2,2,2-Trifluoroethanol is the organic compound with the formula CF 3 CH 2 OH. Also known as TFE or trifluoroethyl alcohol, this colourless, water-miscible liquid has a smell reminiscent of ethanol. Due to the electronegativity of the trifluoromethyl group, this alcohol exhibits a stronger acidic character compared to ethanol.

  9. 1-Pentanol - Wikipedia

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    1-Pentanol, (or n-pentanol, pentan-1-ol), is an organic compound with the formula CH 3 CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 OH and is classified as a primary alcohol. [2] It is a colourless liquid with a distinctive aroma. It is one of 8 isomeric alcohols with the formula C 5 H 11 OH. It is used as a solvent, a biological drying agent and in the synthesis of ...