difference bet c-o-h and c-oh?

[bobbychin07]

c-oh is the functional group of alcohol. the question is regarding the difference between c-oh and c-o-h...


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[bdwolfhound]

There is no difference. Consider methanol:

H
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CH--O--H is the same as H3C--OH is the same as H3COH
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H

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[Mr Hex Vision]

There is no difference some people draw C-OH and some C-O-H.

C-O-H is use in synthetic chemistry then you want to show that something is going to happen with the hydrogen. In most uses its used with curly arrows. Ie

C-O-H + -OH -----> C-O(-ve) + H2O

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[Halck]

There is no difference.

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[tiu2g]

If you're question is stating there IS a difference between the two, then the C-O-H is probably representing an aldehyde, while the C-OH is an alcohol. Aldehydes have a C=O double bond, and the C-H bond as well so the group looks like:
C=O
I
H

And the C-OH is the carbon with the alcohol -OH group:
R-C-OH

Hope this helps!

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[saras k]

dont confuse.both r the same.we use C-OH simply to mention the alcohol functional group.C-O-H is the same thing,actually more elaborated form written for convenience,specially while studying the reaction mechanism.for example C2H5OH or C2H5-OH is ethanol.while writing its reaction mechanism or equation,we'll write:

CH3-CH2-O-H + X(-ve) ---------> CH3-CH2-O(-ve) + HX
actually its showing bonding and nothing else.

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