7 1:  Structures of methanol, phenol and methoxymethane
Give IUPAC names of the following compounds:
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Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers
The bond angle 
 in alcohols is slightly less than the tetrahedral
angle (109°-28¢) It is due to the repulsion between the unshared
electron pairs of oxygen In phenols, the –OH group is attached to sp
2
hybridised carbon of an aromatic ring