A-level Chemistry/OCR (Salters)/Alcohols

Alkan-1-ols edit

Carbons Alcohol Condensed formula Structural formula Skeletal formula 3D model mp bp
0
water* HOH  
N/A
  0 °C 100 °C
1
methanol CH3OH       –97 °C 65 °C
2
ethanol C2H5OH       −114 °C 78 °C
3
propan-1-ol C3H7OH       −127 °C 97 °C
4
butan-1-ol C4H9OH       −90 °C 118 °C
n
alkan-1-ol CnH2n+1OH  
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

* water is not an alcohol, but is included in this table to show how alcohols can be considered as being derived from water by replacing a hydrogen atom with an alkyl group