For instance, have you
ever noticed that ordinary spirit used for polishing
wooden furniture is chiefly a compound containing
hydroxyl group, ethanol The sugar we eat, the cotton
used for fabrics, the paper we use for writing, are all
made up of compounds containing –OH groups Just
think of life without paper; no note-books, books, news-
papers, currency notes, cheques, certificates, etc The
magazines carrying beautiful photographs and
interesting stories would disappear from our life