How do you tell the difference between alcohol, phenol, and ether?
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A hydroxyl group is attached to a carbon atom of alcohols. —OH is attached to a benzene ring in phenols. (This class's "parent" molecule ule is also called phenol: PhOH or C6H5OH.) The ether functional group is formed when two carbon groups are connected to oxygen by single bonds.
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