Learning outcomes - after studying this topic, you should be able to:

• identify and name simple alcohols, diols, triols and phenols
• explain why phenols are more acidic than alcohols
• predict the products of oxidation of an alcohol and give the reagents required to perform this reaction
• explain the nucleophilicity and basicity of alcohols
• predict the products of the elimination of alcohols, using Zaitsev's rule, and give the reagents required to perform this reaction
• explain the mechanism of dehydration

• Chapter 21 (in Blackman, Bottle, Schmid, Mocerino and Wille, Chemistry, 3^rd Edition, 2015 (John Wiley))

• Alcohols (in Wikibooks Organic Chemistry)
• Alcohols (in ChemWiki)

Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions Contributed by Adam Bridgeman

Acidity of Organic Molecules and Types of Organic Reactions Description: Video and interactive tutorials and self test quizzes on the acidity of organic molecules and types of organic reactions Tags: acidity | substitution | elimination | addition | oxidation | reduction Contributed by Adam Bridgeman

Using the terms primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary Tags: organic nomenclature Contributed by Mat Todd

Alcohol and amine nomenclature Tags: organic nomenclature Contributed by Mat Todd

Naming Alcohols, Amines and Halides Description: Video and interactive tutorials and self test quizzes on naming alcohols, amines and halides Tags: organic nomenclature | alcohols | amines | organic halides Contributed by Adam Bridgeman