Alkanol + HX

What happens when you add a concentrated hydrohalic acid, like hydrobromic acid or hydrochloric acid or hydroiodic acid, to an alkanol?
A substitution reaction!
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Alkanols vs Alkanals

Question: Differentiate between alkanols and alkanals.

Answer: Alkanols and alkanals are both organic (carbon containing) compounds but they have different functional groups.
Alkanols contain the OH (hydroxyl) functional group.
Alkanals contain the C=O (carbonyl) functional group on a terminal (end) carbon atom of the carbon chain.
Because they have different functional groups they undergo different chemical reactions and will have different physical properties.
The physical and chemical properties of alkanols, for example, can be found at AUS-e-TUTE's page on Properties of Alkanols.

Naming Alcohols the IUPAC Way

Alcohols are organic molecules that have the OH (hydroxyl or hydroxy) functional group.
Learn how to apply the IUPAC rules for naming different types of alcohols:

• Naming Straight-Chain Alkanols
• Naming Branched-Chain Alkanols
• Naming Straight-Chain Alkanediols

and learn how to classify alcohols as primary, secondary or tertiary at

• Classification of Alcohols

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AUS-e-TUTE Update

The following resources have been added to AUS-e-TUTE:

• Neutralisation Reactions (tutorial, game, test)
• Acidic, Basic, Neutral Solutions (tutorial, game, test)
• Properties of Alkanes (tutorial, game, test, exam)
• Properties of Alkanols (alcohols) (tutorial, game, test, exam)
• Properties of Alkanoic (carboxylic) acids (tutorial, game, test, exam)
• Properties of Amines (tutorial, game, test, exam)

Syllabus Study Guides have also been updated.