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Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers
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What is meant by Denatured alcohol?

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Denatured alcohol: Ethanol is made unfit for drinking puposes by the addition of the methanol, pyridine etc. These materials are added to make sure that it will not be used for beverage purposes. The process is called denaturing and the alcohol thus obtained is called denatured alcohol. Denatured alcohol can be manufactured and sold duty free for industrial use.

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Name the following compounds according to IUPAC system.

Name the following compounds according to IUPAC system.

Name the following compounds according to IUPAC system.

Show how are the following alcohols prepared by the reaction of a suitable Grignard reagent on methanal?

Show how are the following alcohols prepared by the reaction of a suitable Grignard reagent on methanal?

Write structures of the products of the following reactions:
  

Write structures of the products of the following reactions:

  

Give structures of the products you would expect when each of the following alcohol reacts with,
(a) HCl—ZnCl2 (b) HBr and (c) SOCl2.

(i)  Butan-1-ol      (ii) 2-Methyl butan-2-ol.