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