Commercially Important Alcohols

Saccharification is the process of breaking a complex carbohydrate (such as starch or cellulose) into its _____ components.

Methanol can be detected by the oil of wintergreen test.

Mention the product formed by the reaction of methanol with salicylic acid.

What is Saccharification?

Write the test to identity methanol.

The destructive destillation of wood produces:

Mention the products formed by the destructive distillation of wood.

Explain the process of conversion of starch to maltose.

What is the smell of the reaction of methanol with salicylic acid?

Explain the manufacture of methanol by the distillation of wood.

Identify the products $\mathrm{A}$ and $\mathrm{B}$ of the following reaction:

${\mathrm{CH}}_3{\mathrm{CH}}_2{\mathrm{CH}}_2\mathrm{OH}\underset{433 \mathrm{K}}{\overset{\mathrm{con}.{\mathrm{H}}_2{\mathrm{SO}}_4 }{\to }}\mathrm{A}\stackrel{ \mathrm{HBr} }{\to }{\mathrm{CH}}_3\mathrm{CH}\left(\mathrm{Br}\right){\mathrm{CH}}_3\underset{-\mathrm{KBr}}{\overset{ \mathrm{aq}.\mathrm{KOH} }{\to }}\mathrm{B}$

Mention the harmful effects of methanol.

Give the harmful effects of methanol.

The methanol is more harmful to human.

The methylated spirit contains _____.

Identify $\mathrm{A},\mathrm{B}$ and $\mathrm{C}$ in the following reactions

Isopropyl chloride $\stackrel{\mathrm{NaOH}}{⟶}\mathrm{A}\stackrel{\mathrm{Cu}/573 \mathrm{K}}{⟶}\mathrm{B}\stackrel{\mathrm{NaOI}}{⟶}\mathrm{C}+$ Iodoform

Methanol is used to denature _____

What are the uses of methanol?

Which of the following is a use of methanol?