Show with diagrams how alcohols differ structrually from alkanes. [2 MARKS]

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1. In alcohols, the alcoholic functional group ( $-OH$ ) is attached to any carbon atom in the chain.

2. In case of alkanes, chain consist of only carbon and hydrogen atoms.

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