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The general chemical formula for alcohols is CnH2n+1OH, where n represents the number of carbon atoms in the alcohol molecule. For example, ethanol (commonly known as drinking alcohol) has the chemical formula C2H5OH.
Depends on the alcohol:
- Methyl alcohol, the simplest alcohol is methane with a hydroxyl group replacing one of the 4 hydrogens - CH3OH
- Ethyl alcohol, the drinkable alcohol is ethane with a hydroxyl group replacing one of the 6 hydrogens - C2H5OH
- And so it continues, take a hydrocarbon and replace one hydrogen with a hydroxyl group
Ethyl alcohol is C2H6O. It is often written as C2H5OH to distinguish it from its isomer, dimethyl ether.
The drinking alcohol (ethanol) has the chemical formula C2H5OH.
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What is the chemical formula of alcohol?
The chemical formula of alcohol is CnH2n+1OH, where n represents the number of carbon atoms in the alcohol molecule.
What is the chemical formula for rubbing alcohol?
There is no exact formula. Denatured alcohol is mostly pure ethanol (drinking alcohol) which has had something added to make it poisonous (denatured or unnatural) so that it cannot be drunk. Different substances can be added for this purpose... thus no formula.
What type of compound is propanol?
Propanol is a type of alcohol compound, specifically a primary alcohol. It is a three-carbon alcohol with the chemical formula C3H8O.
What elements are in Ethyl Alcohol?
Ethyl alcohol, or ethanol, is composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms. Its chemical formula is C2H5OH.
What is the chemical name for wood alcohol?
'Alcohol' , chemically, is a collective name for a list of substances with the '-OH' functional group. The following are some alcohols.;- Methanol, Ethanol, Propanol Butanol Pentanol Hexanol et. seq. There are many more alcohols. I suspect that you are thinking of the 'alcohol' that is in beers, wines and spirits.. The chemical formula for ethanol is 'CH3CH2OH'. That alcohol is ethanol, archaically, 'ethyl alcohol'. The other alcohols listed above cannot be consumed by humans.
What is the chemical formula of alcohol?
The chemical formula of alcohol is CnH2n+1OH, where n represents the number of carbon atoms in the alcohol molecule.
What goes into alcohol?
The chemical formula of alcohol is C2H5OH.
What si in alcohol?
The chemical formula of alcohol is C2H5OH.
What is the chemical formula for ethyl alcohol?
The chemical formula for ethyl alcohol is C2H5OH.
What is the chemical formula for sulfurous alcohol?
Formula: H2SO3
What chemical formula for alcohol?
Formula: R-OH
What is the chemical formula of rubbing alcohol ispropyl?
The chemical formula of isopropyl rubbing alcohol is C3H8O, also known as isopropanol or isopropyl alcohol.
What is the chemical formula of ethyl alcohol?
C2h5oh
What is the chemical formula of cetyl alcohol?
C16H34O
What are three formula names for alcohol?
Ethanol (this is the official name after the IUPAC rules), ethyl alcohol, ethylic alcohol; the chemical formula is C2H5OH.
What is the chemical formula for an alcohol?
An example is methanol, CH3OH.
What is the chemical formula of wood alcholo?
Wood alcohol is methanol, which has the formula CH3OH.
