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Johnson Q.
Feb 14, 2018

Alcohol: Hydroxyl
Ketone: Carbonyl

Explanation:

All alcohols contain an #OH#. This makes up the hydroxyl functional group.

The carbonyl functional group contains an oxygen atom double bonded to a carbon atom. If the carbon atom is attached to 2 hydrocarbon chains, it is known as a ketone. If it is instead connected to 1 hydrocarbon chain and 1 #H# atom, it is an aldehyde.

Note that there is H-bonding going on with the alcohol. This makes its intermolecular interactions stronger than that of ketones and aldehydes. This means that alcohols will have a higher boiling point than ketones/aldehydes of comparable length.

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