Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers
Spirit cleans wounds, carbolic soap smells sharp, and anaesthetics once used ether. This chapter in NCERT Class 12 Chemistry, Chapter 7, studies alcohols, phenols and ethers through structure, naming, preparation from alkenes and alkyl halides, and physical properties shaped by hydrogen bonding. It explains acidity of phenols, Williamson synthesis, dehydration, oxidation and key tests that distinguish primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols. You will learn to predict reactions and to use these compounds in medicines, solvents and polymers.
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