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  Alcohol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alcoholism, the physiological or psychological dependency on ethanol, is one of the most common drug addictions (caffeine causes chemical dependency, but not the mental longing known as addiction) in the world.
Propyl alcohol may be n-propyl alcohol or isopropyl alcohol depending on whether the hydroxyl group is bonded to the 1st or 2nd carbon on the propane chain.
In the Barton-McCombie deoxygenation an alcohol is deoxygenated to an alkane with tributyltin hydride or a trimethylborane-water complex in a radical substitution reaction.
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 Alcohol - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
In chemistry, alcohol is a more general term, applied to any organic compound in which a hydroxyl group (-OH) is bound to a carbon atom, which in turn is bound to other hydrogen and/or carbon atoms.
As a drug, common alcohol (ethanol) is known to have a depressing effect that decreases the responses of the central nervous system.
Alcohols are themselves nucleophilic, so R−OH can react with ROH to produce ethers and water, although this reaction is rarely used except in the manufacture of diethyl ether.
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 Definition Of Alcohol Poisoning   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Propyl Alcohol information center covers poisonous ingredients, sources, signs, symptoms, cautions, poison control, expectations, first aid measures, and treatment.
In fact, the term alcohol poisoning is redundant because the drug, ethyl alcohol, is itself a toxic substance.
In fact, the term alcohol poisoning is redundant because the drug, ethyl alcohol, is itself...
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 Glossary & Trademarks - Shell Chemicals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
(ethyl alcohol) A chemical formed by fermentation or synthesis; used as a raw material in a wide range of industrial and chemical processes.
The correct chemical term for an alcohol group is a hydroxy group with the combination of one oxygen attached to one hydrogen (OH).
This is the collective name given to those polymers that are made from the lower olefins: ethylene, propylene, butylene and isoprene.
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 Isopropyl Alcohol : Drug Rehab : Alcohol Rehab   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
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Isopropyl alcohol or isopropanol is a common name for 2-propanol, an alcohol commonly used for...
hydroxypropane, isopropanol, isopropyl alcohol, iso-propanol, iso-propyl alcohol, IPA, sec-propanol, sec-propyl alcohol, dimethylcarbinol, propan-2-ol...
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