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A mercurinium (“mer-cur-in-ee-um”) intermediate is formed when creating these compounds from alkenes in the oxymercuration reaction. These compounds are deprotonated before attacking an alkyl halide (10[1])to produce an ether in the Williamson synthesis. (10[1])Sodium borohydride can be used to reduce an aldehyde to these compounds’ “primary” (10[1])type. (10[1])Distilling one of these (10[1])compounds that has two carbons from water is complicated by the formation of an azeotrope containing 96% (10[1])of that compound and (-5[1])4% water. A common disinfectant contains 70% of these (10[1])molecules’ (10[1])“isopropyl” (10[1])type. (10[1])For 10 (10[1])points, name these organic compounds that contain an -OH (“O-H”) group, like ethanol. ■END■

ANSWER: alcohols [accept hydroxyl; prompt on -OH before mentioned]
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