CHEM 140A Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Alkoxide, Nucleophilic Substitution, Haloalkane

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Chapter 8 - hydroxy functional group: alcohols page 287 - page 332. Alcohol - an organic molecule whose functional group is the hydroxy group, oh. Hydroxy group - oh, the functional group of alcohols. Viewed as derivative of water, where 1 h is replaced with alykl group. Ether - an organic molecule whose functional group is the alkoxy group, or. Naming the alcohols page 288 - page 289. E of alkane replaced with -ol for alkanol. Alkanol - the alcohol derived from an alkane. In branched systems, name of alchol based on longest chain containing oh. Number c starting at end closest to oh. More than 1 oh, then add -diol, -triol, etc. C with oh is automatically labeled 1. For common nomenclature, name of alkyl followed by alcohol: in summary. Structural and physical properties of alcohols page 289 - page 292. The structure of alcohols resembles that of water.