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Define a functional group and give the structural formula of the following functional group:
(b) alcohols

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Solution

Alcohols:

Alcohol is an organic compound that carries at least one hydroxyl (\(-OH\)) functional group bound to a saturated carbon atom

General structure

\(R-OH\)

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