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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. Hydrate - Wikipedia

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    A colorful example is cobalt(II) chloride, which turns from blue to red upon hydration, and can therefore be used as a water indicator.. The notation "hydrated compound⋅n H 2 O", where n is the number of water molecules per formula unit of the salt, is commonly used to show that a salt is hydrated.

  5. Geminal diol - Wikipedia

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    2 is 10 3. [2] For conversion of hexafluoroacetone (F 3 C) 2 C =O to the diol (F 3 C) 2 C(OH) 2, the constant is about 10 +6, due to the electron withdrawing effect of the trifluoromethyl groups. Similarly, the conversion of chloral (Cl 3 C)HC =O to chloral hydrate is strongly favored by influence of the trichloromethyl group.

  6. Alcohol oxidation - Wikipedia

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    The oxidation of primary alcohols to carboxylic acids normally proceeds via the corresponding aldehyde, which is transformed via an aldehyde hydrate (gem-diol, R-CH(OH) 2) by reaction with water. Thus, the oxidation of a primary alcohol at the aldehyde level without further oxidation to the carboxylic acid is possible by performing the reaction ...

  7. Allyl alcohol - Wikipedia

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    Allyl alcohol is converted mainly to glycidol, which is a chemical intermediate in the synthesis of glycerol, glycidyl ethers, esters, and amines. Also, a variety of polymerizable esters are prepared from allyl alcohol, e.g. diallyl phthalate. [5] Allyl alcohol has herbicidal activity and can be used as a weed eradicant [9]) and fungicide. [8]

  8. List of alcoholic drinks - Wikipedia

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    An alcoholic drink is a drink that contains ethanol, commonly known as alcohol. Alcoholic drinks are divided into three general classes: beers , wines , and distilled beverages . They are legally consumed in most countries, and over one hundred countries have laws regulating their production, sale, and consumption. [ 1 ]

  9. Glutaraldehyde - Wikipedia

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    Glutaraldehyde is an organic compound with the formula (CH 2) 3 (CHO) 2.The molecule consists of a five carbon chain doubly terminated with formyl (CHO) groups. It is usually used as a solution in water, and such solutions exists as a collection of hydrates, cyclic derivatives, and condensation products, several of which interconvert.