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Why Ethanol is also called Alcohol? (Howerver, alcohol is a functional group)

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Iust like alkane. alkene and alkyne, alcohol is also a homologous series with number of members in it.
-OH is the alcoholic functional group.
Compound having -OH functional group are called alcohol.
Ethanol is the 2nd member of alcohol family with molecular formula C₂H₅OH

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