Alcohols acts as `:`

Alcohol acts as both acids and bases. Why?

Give reasons : Alcohol acts as weak base.

Asseration : Alcohol may show deficiency symptoms of Wernicke's and Korsakoff's symptoms of Wernicke's and Korsakoff's syndromes. Reason : Alcohol acts as dependent.

Assertion (A): Alcohol acts as sedative. Reason (R): Sweating is enhanced by alcohol and so it is endothermic .

(A) Alcohols act as Bronsted - Lowry bases. (R) In alcohols the lone pair of electrons on oxygen forms dative bond by accepting a proton

(A) During acid catalysed esterification, oxygen atom of alcohol is present in ester molecule (R) Alcohol acts as a nucleophile

(A) Alcohols can act as nucleophiles (R) Alcohols form salts with alkali metals

A : In esterification reaction , HCOOH is the most reactive acid among carboxylic acid . R : Alcohol acts as nucleophile

A : In esterification reaction , HCOOH is the most reactive acid among carboxylic acid . R : Alcohol acts as nucleophile