write Uses of alcohols, phenols and ethers
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Alcohols :
1. Methyl alcohol is used as a solvent for paints and varnishes.
2. Ethyl alcohol is used as antifreeze agent in automobile radiators. It is also used as solvent.
Ethers :
1. Earlier diethyl ether was used as a general anaesthetic in surgical operations.
2. Diethyl ether is used as a solvent for Grignard reagents, fats, waxes, oil, etc
Explanation:
Alcohol is the product we get when a saturated carbon atom bonds to a hydroxyl (-OH) group. Phenol is what we get when the -OH group replaces the hydrogen atom in benzene. Ether is the product that we get when an oxygen atom bonds to two alkyl or aryl groups.