Content of the notes –

• Introduction
• Alcohol structure
• Phenol structure
• Ether structure
• Alcohol nomenclature
• Phenol nomenclature
• Ether nomenclature
• Preparation of alcohol
• (From alkenes)
• (From carbonyl compound)
• (From grignard reagent)
• Preparation of phenol
• (From haloarenes)
• (From benzene sulphonic acid)
• (From diazonium salt)
• (From cumene)
• Alcohol and phenol physical properties
• Alcohol chemical properties
• Chemical reactions of alcohol
• (Reactions involving cleavage of O–H bond)
• (Reaction involving cleavage of C–O bond in alcohols)
• Chemical reaction of phenols
• (Electrophilic aromatic substitution)
• (Kolbe’s reaction)
• (Riemer Tiemann reaction)
• (With Zn dust)
• (Oxidation)
• Commercial important alcohols methanol and ethanol
• Ether: Preparation
• (By dehydration of alcohol)
• (Williamson synthesis)
• Physical properties
• Chemical reaction