How do we classify alcohols and ethers?
1 Answer
Sep 6, 2017
Explanation:
Saturated alcohols, and ethers have the same empirical formula, i.e.
On the other hands, epoxides have one degree of saturation in the three-membered ring, and the strain imposed by the three-membered ring, usually results in a ring-opening reaction with a nucleophilic reagent to give an alcohol in which the carbon chain is extended by two....