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Published: 05.09.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Organic chemistry - ethanol', 1.
Extract

All alcohols' consist of a hydrocarbon named 'ethanol', now ethanol is a strand made up of two carbons five hydrogen's and one OH group (hydroxol) thus ethanol is considered to be a hydrocarbon.
The three main building blocks to producing alcohols are:
Sugars: there are many different types of sugars some include:
Starches:
Cellulose:
All three of these compounds added with ethanol can create a wide range of alcohols, anything from beer (left) to wine (right).
So with any combination of any of those three bonds you can have numerous combinations added, some are best used in facto…

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