Primary-alcohols Sentence Examples

The average value for primary alcohols is 44.67 cal., but many large differences from this value obtain in certain cases.

Diamines.-The diamines contain two amino groups and bear the same relation to the glycols that the primary monamines bear to the primary alcohols.

It was found that the normal primary alcohols were all esterified at about the same rate, the secondary alcohols more slowly than the primary, and the tertiary alcohols still more slowly.

Aldehydes and Ketones.-The aldehydes are prepared in the usual manner from primary alcohols and acids.

These are the primary alcohols.

The primary alcohols are first oxidized to aldehydes, which, on further oxidation, yield acids containing the same number of carbon atoms as in the original alcohol.

In their general behaviour towards oxidizing agents the primary glycols behave very similarly to the ordinary primary alcohols (q.v.), but the secondary and tertiary glycols break down, yielding compounds with a smaller carbon content.