Is anything that ends in 'ol', alcohol???

Question

What i mean is that ethanol, sorbitol and any other 'ol' endings, are actually alcohols.

what is ur opinion??

10 points for the best answer

Answer 1

cholesterol

menthol

stool

pool

aerosol

school

Answer 2

a lot of medicine ends in ol...... paracetamol, atenanol, proprananol ,sabutamol  , tramadol ,etc.

Answer 3

Yes it is true.

But this is a designation that organic chemists use to classify a group of compounds that react in similar ways.

-ol is the desiignation of an alcohol but this does not mean the intoxicating one we drink (ethyl or ethanol).

Sugars are both.  They are sugar-alcohols this is why anti-freeze is sweet. The alcohol in anti-freeze is a fasle sugar-if you will sugar. But it is very toxic.

Answer 4

Metoprolol is a drug I take for my high blood pressure!

Answer 5

not true...

l-ol!!!

as someone pointed out... Paracetemol, etc are not alcohols but end in -ol...

u have to see which ones get u intoxicated if u are trying to avoid that...