Is it because alcohol has a proton it can lose? Also, why is alcohol more polar than a ketone?
An alcohol is more polar than a ketone because it can engage in hydrogen bonding with more molecules of itself or with polar solvents. A ketone can hydrogen bond with other polar molecules with acidic hydrogens, but it cannot hydrogen bond with itself.Is it because alcohol has a proton it can lose? Also, why is alcohol more polar than a ketone?
An alcohol is more polar than a ketone because it can engage in hydrogen bonding with more molecules of itself or with polar solvents. A ketone can hydrogen bond with other polar molecules with acidic hydrogens, but it cannot hydrogen bond with itself.
Alcohols have a different type of reactivity than ketones, and I'm not certain what you mean when you say that alcohols are more reactive. Ketones tend to react by nucleophilic addition/elimination reactions, while alcohols exhibit other kinds of chemistry, such as eliminations and substitutions.
An alcohol is more polar than a ketone because it can engage in hydrogen bonding with more molecules of itself or with polar solvents. A ketone can hydrogen bond with other polar molecules with acidic hydrogens, but it cannot hydrogen bond with itself.
Alcohols have a different type of reactivity than ketones, and I'm not certain what you mean when you say that alcohols are more reactive. Ketones tend to react by nucleophilic addition/elimination reactions, while alcohols exhibit other kinds of chemistry, such as eliminations and substitutions.
i think its because in the alcohol you more electrons that aren't in a bond, while the ketone is using the electrons to make a double. Correct me if Im wrong
Note however, these are just general rules. A complex tertiary alcohol will be LESS reactive than a simple acetone.