H C C - C - C - H – –O │ H H H H 5 CH3(CH2)4OH H H H H H Pentanol C5H11 OH H C C - C- C- C - H – –O │ H H H H H 6 CH3(CH2)5OH H H H H H H Hexanol C6H13 OH H C C - C- C- C– C - O - H – │ H H H H H H 7 CH3(CH2)6OH H H H H H H H Heptanol OH H C C - C- C- C– C O - H – –C- │ H H H H H H H 8 CH3(CH2)7OH H H H H H H H H Octanol C8H17 OH H C C - C- C- C– C C -O - H – –C- │ H H H H H H H H 9 CH3(CH2)8OH H H H H H H H H H Nonanol OH H C C - C- C- C– C C O - H – –C- –C- │ H H H H H H H H H 10 CH3(CH2)9OH H H H H H H H H H H Decanol C10H21 OH H C C - C- C- C– C C C-O - H – –C- –C- │ H H H H H H H H H H Alkanols like Hydrocarbons( alkanes/alkenes/alkynes) form a homologous series where: (i)general name is derived from the alkane name then ending with “-ol” (ii)the members have as the fuctional group –OH (iii)they have the same general formula represented by R-OH where R is an alkyl group.
H C – C - C - C –O - H │ H H H H 5 CH3(CH2)4OH C5H11 OH H H H H H H C – C - C- C- C –O - H │ H H H H H Pentanol 6 CH3(CH2)5OH C6H13 OH H H H H H H H C – C - C- C- C– C - O - H │ H H H H H H Hexanol 7 CH3(CH2)6OH OH H H H H H H H H C – C - C- C- C– C –C- O - H │ H H H H H H H Heptanol 8 CH3(CH2)7OH C8H17 OH H H H H H H H H H C – C - C- C- C– C –C- C -O - H │ H H H H H H H H Octanol 9 CH3(CH2)8OH OH H H H H H H H H H H C – C - C- C- C– C –C- C –C- O - H │ H H H H H H H H H Nonanol 10 CH3(CH2)9OH C10H21 OH H H H H H H H H H H H C – C - C- C- C– C –C- C –C- C-O - H │ H H H H H H H H H H Decanol Alkanols like Hydrocarbons( alkanes/alkenes/alkynes) form a homologous series where: (i)general name is derived from the alkane name then ending with “-ol” (ii)the members have –OH as the fuctional group (iii)they have the same general formula represented by R-OH where R is an alkyl group.
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