Name: All About Alcohols
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 11 min 22 s
Description: Alcohols may be considered organic derivatives of water in which one of the hydrogen atoms has been replaced by an alkyl group. Let's explore!

Question

Classify the following alcohols as $1^{o} / 2^{o} / 3^{o}$ and allylic/benzylic.

$H_{2} C = CH - {CH}_{2} - OH$ ,

Accepted Answer

Alcohols are organic molecules that have a hydroxyl group attached to an alkyl or aryl group $(ROH)$ . A hydroxyl carbon with only one R group is referred to as a primary alcohol. It is a secondary alcohol if it has two R groups, and a tertiary alcohol if it has three R groups.

In an alkene, the position adjacent to the carbon-carbon double bond is referred to as the allylic position. The position adjacent to the benzene or benzene-substituted ring is referred to as the benzylic position.

Classification of alcohols as $1^{o} / 2^{o} / 3^{o}$ and allylic/benzylic are as follows:

Alcohol $1^{o} / 2^{o} / 3^{o}$ allylic/benzylic

$H_{2} C = CH - {CH}_{2} - OH$ $1^{o}$ allylic

$2^{o}$ allylic

$3^{o}$ allylic

$1^{o}$ benzylic

$2^{o}$ benzylic

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