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A-level Chemistry/OCR (Salters)/Alcohols
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Alkan-1-ols
CarbonsAlcoholCondensed formulaStructural formulaSkeletal formula3D modelmpbp0water*HOH100pxN/A100px0 °C100 °C1methanolCH3OH100px100px100px–97 °C65 °C2ethanolC2H5OH100px100px100px−114 °C78 °C3propan-1-olC3H7OH100px100px100px−127 °C97 °C4butan-1-olC4H9OH100px100px100px−90 °C118 °Cnalkan-1-olCnH2n+1OH100pxN/AN/AN/AN/A
* water is not an alcohol, but is included in this table to show how alcohols can be considered as being derived from water by replacing a hydrogen atom with an alkyl group