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Why methanol is not an alkane
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Why methanol is not an alkane

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Answer: it’s not in the first group in the periodic table

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Because the general formula is CnH2n! there is no hydroxyl group present that’s why they made their own group called the alcohols where the general formula is CnH2nOH ( I think )
I hope this helps!
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