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What are primary alcohols?

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**Step-by-Step Solution:** 1. **Definition of Alcohols**: Alcohols are organic compounds that contain one or more hydroxyl (-OH) groups attached to a carbon atom. 2. **Classification of Alcohols**: Alcohols can be classified into three categories based on the degree of the carbon atom to which the hydroxyl group is attached: - Primary alcohols - Secondary alcohols - Tertiary alcohols ...
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    2. What is the IUPAC name of the alcohol: HC-=C-CH(2)OH?

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    3. Draw the structure of (i) hex-1-en-3-ol. (ii) 3-aminopentan-2-ol.

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    4. Give the IUPAC name of [(CH(3))(2)CH](3)COH.

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    7. What happens when methanal is treated with methyl megnesium bromide an...

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    8. Propan-2-ol to 2-methylpropan-2-ol.

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    10. How is it that alcohol and water are miscible inall proportions ?

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    13. Why do alcohols have higher boiling points than haloalkanes of the sam...

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    14. Anhydrous CaCl(2) is not recommended as a drying agent for alcohols an...

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    15. What is the order of acidic character of primary, secondary and tertia...

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    16. One mole of an organic compound (A) having M.F. C(2)H(6)O reacts with ...

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    18. What is the order of reactivity of HCl, HBr and HI with alcohols?

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    19. How will you convert ethanol into ethene?

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