What are the 3 types of alcohol?

Question

What are the 3 types of alcohol?

Answer 1

There are PRIMARY, SECONDARY and TERTIARY alcohols. These depend on the position of the -OH in the alcohol structure. There are chemical differences between alcohols in the three groups.

Primary alcohols are alcohols in which the carbon carrying the -OH group is only attached to one alkyl group (generally represented by an R)

E.g Ethanol, propan-1-ol.

Secondary alcohols are alcohols in which the carbon carrying the -OH group is attached to two alkyl group (generally represented by an R) which may be the same or different

E.g Propan-2-ol, butan-2-ol

Tertiary alcohols are alcohols in which the carbon carrying the -OH group is attached to three alkyl group (generally represented by an R) which may be the combination of same or different.

E.g 2methylpropan-2-ol

Hope that helped!

Answer 2

there are much more than three types man. theres liqour, whiskey, bourbon, scotch, champagne, wine, malt beverages, ales, lagers, droughts, drafts, stoughts, theres alot of stuff out there.  

Answer 3

Primary

Secondary

and Tertiary

Primary is an alcohol there the hydroxy groups is bounded to R group

R-OH

Secondary is an alcohol there the hydroxy group is bonded to an carbon that has 2 R groups attached to it.

R2CH-OH

Tertiary is an alcohol there the hydroxyl group is bonded to a carbon that has 3 R groups attached to it.

R3C-OH

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