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Classifying Alcohols

OCR A-level Organic ChemistryAlcoholsLesson 3 of 7

Alcohols can be classified as primary, secondary or tertiary. In primary alcohols, the -OH group is attached to a carbon atom that is attached to one alkyl group and two hydrogen atoms.

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