ncert books class 12 chemistry chapter 7 · Section 1

After studying this Unit, you will be able to • name alcohols, phenols and ethers according to the IUPAC system of nomenclature; • discuss the reactions involved in the preparation of alcohols from alkenes, aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acids; • discuss the reactions involved in the preparation of phenols from haloarenes, benzene sulphonic acids, diazonium salts and cumene; • discuss the reactions for preparation of ethers from (i) alcohols and (ii) alkyl halides and sodium alkoxides/aryloxides; • correlate physical properties of alcohols, phenols and ethers with their structures; • discuss chemical reactions of the three classes of compounds on the basis of their functional groups.