ALCOHOLS
What are alcohols?
Alcohols are compounds in which one or more hydrogen atoms in an alkane have been replaced by an -OH group. For the purposes of UK A level, we will only look at compounds containing one -OH group.
Some examples of an alcohol would be
The different kinds of alcohols
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HYDROHALIC ACIDS
Hydrohalic acids are volatile, covalent compounds which may be prepared by the direct reaction of the elements or, more conveniently, by the reaction of the respective halide ion with hydrogen ion. All of these compounds are Bronsted acids, readily donating protons to Bronsted bases.
NOTE: With the exception of HF, all hydrohalic acids are strong […]
Physical chemistry
The branch of chemistry that deals with the science of the composition, structure, properties, and reactions of matter, especially of atomic and molecular systems and the composition, structure, properties, and reactions of a substance.
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