Organic compounds {alcohol, chemical}| can have carbon atom single-bonded to hydroxyl group: -C-O-H. Alcohols are colorless, have pungent and sweet odor, are reactive, are polar, are basic or acidic, and are oxidizable and reducible. Alcohols with less than twenty carbons are liquids. Alcohols dissolve in water if they have less than six carbons. Carbon atom with two hydroxyl side chains is unstable and reverts to aldehyde or ketone.
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