What, in scientific terms, is an alcohol? What’s the difference between, for example, sugar alcohols and the alcohol in whiskey?

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What, in scientific terms, is an alcohol? What’s the difference between, for example, sugar alcohols and the alcohol in whiskey?

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An alcohol is just an organic compound with an OH group which is bonded to a carbon atom. The carbon shouldn’t have any lone pairs or double bonds.

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