Question

A secondary alcohol has a hydroxyl group bonded to a(n) ________. carbon bonded to one alkyl group carbon bonded to two alkyl groups carbon bonded to three alkyl groups aromatic carbon.

Answer 1

Answer:

A secondary alcohol has a hydroxyl group bonded to a carbon bonded to two alkyl group carbon

Explanation:

Based on the organic chemistry nomenclature:

A primary carbon is one which is bonded to another carbon atom

A secondary carbon is bonded to two carbon atoms i.e. one on either side

A tertiary carbon is bonded to 3 other carbon atoms

In the case of alcohols, the functional group is the hydroxyl i.e. the -OH group. Here a secondary alcohol has a -OH group which is bonded to two alkyl groups carbon. In other words, the OH group is linked to a C atom which is flanked by carbon atoms on either side.

Isopropanol is an example of a secondary alcohol

H3C-CH(OH)-CH3

Here the OH group is bonded to the C atom attached to 2 -CH3 groups

Answer 2

A secondary alcohol has a hydroxyl group bonded to a disubstituted carbon bonded to one alkyl group carbon bonded to two alkyl groups carbon bonded to three alkyl groups aromatic carbon.
An alkene in which the doubly bonded carbons are bonded to a total of two carbon atoms, its a distributed alkene.