Alcohols•Hydrocarbons with a hydroxyl (-OH) as its main functional group
Primary Alcohols
•Hydroxyl (-OH) on an end carbon
R-CH2-OH
Secondary Alcohols•Hydroxyl (-OH) on a carbon inside a chain
R-CH-R
OH
Tertiary Alcohols•Hydroxyl (-OH) at a branch point R
R-C-R
OH
Naming Alcohols•CH3-OH Methanol
•CH3CH2-OH Ethanol
•etc
Naming Alcohols•CH3CH2CH2-OH
•1-propanol OH
• CH3CHCH3
•2-propanol or isopropanol
Naming Alcohols•CH3CH2CH2CH2-OH
•1-butanol OH
• CH3CH2CHCH3
•2-butanol or isobutanol
Naming Alcohols•CH3CH2CH2CH2-OH
•t-butanol OH
• CH3- C-CH3
• CH3
Displacement Reactions
Where 1 atom or group displaces another
Making Alcohols with Displacement Rxns
R-X + MOH
R-OH + MX
H2O100oC
Examples of Alcohol Production
CH3-I + KOH
CH3-OH + KI
H2O100o
Examples of Alcohol Production
CH3 CH3
H-C-Cl + KOH H-C-OH + KCl
CH3 CH3
H2O
100o
Name Reactant & Predict & Name the Product
BrH2O
100oC+ NaOH
Name the reactant and Predict and Name the Products
I + KOHPress.
350oC
Name the reactants, then predict & name the products
I + KOH Heat
press
2-methyl-2-butanolt-pentanol
OH + KI