CHE E122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Acetaldehyde, Formaldehyde, Elimination Reaction
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Methyl alcohol (wood alcohol) ("methy" = wine, "hule" = wood) found in wood smoke; contributes to the bouqet of new wine; Metabolized in the body to formaldehyde and formic acid, and can cause blindness or death (> 50 ml) The acohol of alcoholic beverages; the fermentation of honey, grain, or fruit juices to yield beers and wines was probably the first chemical reaction to be discovered; metabolized in the body to produce acetaldehyde. Name the longest chain to which the hydroxyl (-oh) group is attached. The name for this chain is obtained by dropping the final -e from the name of the hydrocarbon parent name and adding the ending -ol. Number the longest chain to give the lowest possible number to the carbon bearing the hydroxyl group. Locate the position of the hydroxyl group by the number of the c to which it is attached.
