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U2-2-1 - Alcohols
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Total cards: 8•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026
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#1
Front (Question)
Name this functional group
Back (Answer)
Hydroxyl
#2
Front (Question)
All alcohol names end in … .
Back (Answer)
–ol (e.g. ethanol)
#3
Front (Question)
What is missing from the name? Butanol
Back (Answer)
Location of OH group (butan-2-ol)
#4
Front (Question)
Which side do we number the carbon chain from (left or right)?
Back (Answer)
Right - must give lowest possible number to OH group (3-methylbutan-1-ol). Functional groups take priority over alkyl groups (so C=C or OH over CH3 or C2H5)
#5
Front (Question)
General formula for alkanols
Back (Answer)
CnH2n+1OH
#6
Front (Question)
How are alcohols made in industry?
Back (Answer)
Via hydration of alkenes
#7
Front (Question)
Name this type of reaction
Back (Answer)
Dehydration
#8
Front (Question)
How many carbons in the longest chain?
Back (Answer)
5 You can’t have branches at the start/end of the chain!