Structural class of chemical compounds.
1Ketones, secondary alcohols and tertiary alcohols yield a mixture of acids on oxidation.
2The grouping CH.OH characterizes the secondary alcohols; isopropyl alcohol is the simplest member of this class.
3It is interesting to note that, whereas zinc methyl and ethyl give tertiary alcohols, zinc propyl only gives secondary alcohols.
4Of these alcohols, the first four are primary, the last one a tertiary, the other three secondary alcohols; three of them, viz.
5Secondary alcohols yield ketones q.v.
6Secondary alcohols result from the reduction of ketones; and from the reaction of zinc alkyls on aldehydes or formic acid esters.
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Translations for secondary alcohols