Plural of alcohol

regular plural

The plural of alcohol is alcohols.

Forms of alcohol

The dipole moments of water and the alcohols are about 1.8 debyes.1976, George Scatchard, Equilibrium in Solutions: Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Harvard University Press, page 197. From the entry debye
I performed several experiments to determine the effect of the blowoff method of fermentation on bitterness, protein, and higher alcohols.1997, Al Korzonas, Homebrewing, page 347. From the entry blowoff
With the free allylic alcohols, in turn, results could be interpreted by assuming stereodirection by hydrogen bonding between the peracid and the hydroxy group.2008, Mihály Nógrádi, Stereoselective Synthesis: A Practical Approach (page 130). From the entry stereodirection
Next, a competing functional group (OH in 4-mercaptophenol 2 i) was investigated, as phenols have been shown to form chromans or Friedel–Crafts allylation products under gold-catalysis with allylic alcohols.2014 July 30, Lorena Herkert et al., “Gold(I)-Catalysed Direct Thioetherifications Using Allylic Alcohols: an Experimental and…. From the entry chromans

noun Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).
noun Ethanol.
noun Beverages containing ethanol, collectively.

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