Alcohols are organic molecules assembled from carbon C oxygen O and hydrogen H atoms. The General Formula of Alcohol is C n H 2n2 O the number of carbon atoms is 6 so n is 6 hence according to the General Formula the number of hydrogen atoms are 2 62 14. CnH2n1 OH where n is the number of carbon atoms and OH represents the hydroxyl group.
Alcohol is an homologous series in which the compounds contain a functional group called the.
This formula can also be written as a condensed structural formula C2H5OH. An alcohol an alcohol belonging to the alkanol homologous series that is made up of Carbon atoms Hydrogen and Oxygen atoms. The molecular formula is CH 3 CH 2 OH. CnH2n1 OH where n is the number of carbon atoms and OH represents the hydroxyl group.