Primary alcohol 1223256 205361413 2008-04-13T17:12:00Z V8rik 195918 primary carbon [[Image:Ethanol-2D-skeletal.svg|thumb|[[Ethanol]]]] [[Image:Butan-1-ol-2D-skeletal.png|thumb|[[Butanol]]]] A '''primary alcohol''' is an [[alcohol]] which has the [[hydroxyl]] radical connected to a [[primary carbon]]. It can also be defined as a molecule containing a “–CH<sub>2</sub>OH” group.<ref name="titleDefinition: primary alcohol from Online Medical Dictionary">{{cite web |url=http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?primary+alcohol |title=Definition: primary alcohol from Online Medical Dictionary |accessdate=2007-11-22 |format= |work=}}</ref> Examples include [[ethanol]] and [[butanol]]. Some sources include [[methanol]] as a primary alcohol,<ref name="titlean introduction to alcohols">{{cite web |url=http://www.chemguide.co.uk/organicprops/alcohols/background.html |title=an introduction to alcohols |accessdate=2007-11-22 |format= |work=}}</ref><ref name="isbn0-7641-1664-9">{{cite book |author=Albert S. Tarendash |title=Let's review: chemistry, the physical setting |publisher=Barron's |location=Boston, Mass |year=2001 |pages=161 |isbn=0-7641-1664-9 |oclc= |doi=}}</ref> including the 1911 edition of the [[Encyclopedia Britannica]],<ref name="titleAlcohols - LoveToKnow 1911">{{cite web |url=http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Alcohols |title=Alcohols - LoveToKnow 1911 |accessdate=2007-11-22 |format= |work=}}</ref> but this interpretation is less common in modern texts. == See also == * [[Oxidation of primary alcohols to carboxylic acids]] == References == {{reflist}} {{chemistry-stub}} {{Alcohols}} [[fi:Primäärinen alkoholi]]