Question

Cyclohexanol is a

• A. Primary alcohol
• B. Secondary alcohol
• C. Tertiary alcohol
• D. Phenol

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Secondary alcohol

Answer 2

Cyclohexanol is a secondary alcohol because $C_{2}H_{5}ONa + IC_{2}H_{5}\overset{\quad\quad}{\rightarrow}C_{2}H_{5}OC_{2}H_{5} + NaI$ group is linked to $(CO + H_{2}) + H_{2}673K,300$carbon.