| Alcohol is a colorless impulsive combustible liquid, | | | | Alcohols normally have smell that dangles in nasal |
| synthesized by fermentation of starches and sugars. | | | | passages and the alcoholic beverages are consuming |
| The chemical formula of alcohol is C2H5OH, and it is | | | | by the humans which is ethanol form. Man is |
| also term as ethanol, ethyl alcohol or grain alcohol and | | | | consuming alcoholic beverages for different hygienic, |
| is extensively used, both in pure and denatured | | | | religious, dietary, medicinal, and recreational purposes. |
| forms as solvent, cleaning solutions, in drugs, | | | | Alcohol consumption is beneficial if taken in little |
| explosives, and exhilarating beverages. In other | | | | amount and in proper time but if people starts |
| words alcohol is the any form of hydroxyl | | | | consuming it frequently and becoming addiction is |
| compounds and is the simplest derivatives of the | | | | very harmful to health. |
| saturated hydrocarbons of CnH2n+1OH general | | | | Intoxication or addiction on alcoholic beverages lead |
| formula, including ethanol and methanol. | | | | to acute respiratory malfunction or death as well as |
| Alcohol is the class of organic compounds which have | | | | chronic utilization has medical consequences. Other |
| one or additional hydroxyl groups (-OH) appended to | | | | alcoholic beverages produce more toxics and require |
| one or other more carbon atoms in the hydrocarbon | | | | longer duration in metabolizing in the body. The worst |
| chain. Representing the number of supplementary | | | | effect of alcoholic beverages is in case of the wood |
| substituent groups on carbon atom by R, alcohol are | | | | alcohol or methanol which can be oxidized by an |
| categorized as primary alcohol (RCH2OH), secondary | | | | enzyme in the live called alcohol dehydrogenase |
| alcohol (R2CHOH), or tertiary alcohol (R3COH). | | | | enzymes forming poisonous formaldehyde resulting |
| Several alcohols are found in nature and are | | | | to blindness or fatality. |
| important intermediates in synthesis of further | | | | Administration of ethanol is the only solution to |
| compounds due to the distinctive chemical reactions | | | | prevent and treat formaldehyde toxicity on methanol |
| of hydroxyl groups of the alcohol. | | | | consumption but all people are not aware of the fact. |
| Some of the chemical properties of alcohol includes | | | | Ethanol acts as substrate preventing methanol from |
| that the primary alcohols give up aldehydes on | | | | binding to alcohol dehydrogenase. Alcohol is usually |
| oxidation and the ketones by the secondary alcohols | | | | taken in social occasions like a party or meal and in |
| and the tertiary alcohols breaks down. On reaction | | | | such occasions people mix with some amount of |
| with carboxylic acids esters are produced that can be | | | | water to avoid overindulging. |
| converted to ethers as well as olefins. Some of the | | | | At the same time people undergoing weight loss |
| worth mentioning products of such reactions are | | | | treat must refrain from consuming alcoholic |
| detergents, fats, emulsifiers, waxes, emollients, | | | | beverages as it contains a soaring concentration of |
| plasticizers, lubricants, and spraying agents. Grain | | | | detrimental sugars and bare calories and alcohol |
| alcohol or Ethanol and wood alcohol or methanol is | | | | consumption generally drives to compromise ones |
| the best alcohols containing only one hydroxyl group. | | | | habits, that might disturbed the control over certain |
| Ethylene glycol and antifreeze are the glycols having | | | | foods. Therefore the alcoholic beverage consumers |
| two hydroxyl groups and three in glycerol, and three | | | | must always try to stick on self control and restraint |
| or other in polyols. | | | | from over consumption. |