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GK QUESTION#3277

Identify a class of compounds that has a functional group -OH.

  1. AAlcoholCorrect answer
  2. BEthane
  3. CKetone
  4. DAldehyde
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A. Alcohol

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Alcohols contain a hydroxyl group, –OH, bonded to a saturated carbon atom. Ethane has no oxygen, while ketones and aldehydes contain a carbonyl group. The –OH group identifies alcohols among these choices; hydroxyl groups also occur in other organic families in different bonding environments.

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