What is the functional group of an alcohol and a phenol?

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What is the functional group of an alcohol and a phenol?

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-19T18:20:38

An hydroxyl group, $O H$ $OH$ .

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The common group of ethyl alcohol, $H_{3} C - C H_{2} O H$ $H_3C-CH_2OH$ , and phenol, $C_{6} H_{5} O H$ $C_6H_5OH$ , is clearly the $O H$ $OH$ functionality. This function confers a degree of water solubility on the organic molecule; especially so in the case of ethyl and methyl alcohols, which are infinitely miscible with agua.

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