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Each card links to a focused page with inline checks, worked examples and exam-style FAQs.<\/p>\n\n      <div class=\"ols-badges\">\n        <div class=\"ols-badge\">Exam board: Edexcel International<\/div>\n        <div class=\"ols-badge\">Unit 2: WCH12\/01<\/div>\n        <div class=\"ols-badge\">Topic 10A Alcohols<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"ols-author\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ols-author-avatar-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onlinelearningsystem.net\/xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Author-Profile.jpeg\" alt=\"Dr. Mohammed Al-Fatah\">\n\n        <div class=\"ols-author-content\">\n          <h2 class=\"ols-author-title\">Written by:<br><span>Dr. Mohammed Al-Fatah<\/span><\/h2>\n          <p class=\"ols-author-description\">Chemistry specialist revision notes for A Level Chemistry.<\/p>\n\n          <a class=\"ols-linkedin-pill\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/doctormohammedfatah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n            <svg class=\"ols-linkedin-icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n              <path d=\"M4.98 3.5C4.98 4.88 3.86 6 2.48 6S0 4.88 0 3.5 1.12 1 2.48 1s2.5 1.12 2.5 2.5zM.5 8h4V24h-4V8zm7 0h3.8v2.2h.1c.5-.9 1.8-2.2 3.9-2.2 4.2 0 5 2.8 5 6.4V24h-4v-7.6c0-1.8 0-4.2-2.6-4.2s-3 2-3 4v7.8h-4V8z\"><\/path>\n            <\/svg>\n            View LinkedIn Profile\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/header>\n\n    <article class=\"ols-note-card soft\">\n      <div class=\"ols-note-title\">\n        <div class=\"ols-note-icon\">1<\/div>\n        <h2>Choose a Alcohols Page<\/h2>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <p>Alcohols carry the \u2013OH group, and everything they do follows from it. These pages name and classify them, explain their hydrogen bonding, take the oxidation of primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols step by step, map their other reactions, and finish with the laboratory techniques used to prepare and purify a liquid product.<\/p>\n\n      <div class=\"ols-key-box\">\n        <p><strong>Key idea:<\/strong> Find the carbon carrying the OH and count its carbon neighbours: that one decision fixes the name, the class, and what acidified dichromate(VI) will do to it.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"ols-sub-cards-grid\">\n        <a class=\"ols-sub-card ols-sub-card--available\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinelearningsystem.net\/xyz\/revision-notes\/a-level-chemistry\/edexcel-international\/topic-10-alcohols-halogenoalkanes-and-spectra\/10a-alcohols\/alcohols-naming-classification-and-properties\/\">\n          <div class=\"ols-sub-card-img-wrap\">\n            <div class=\"ols-sub-visual ols-sub-visual--particles\">\n              <div class=\"ols-sub-visual-panel\">\n                <div class=\"ols-sub-visual-kicker\">The \u2013OH group<\/div>\n                <div class=\"ols-sub-particle-diagram\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"ols-sub-particle-dot d1\"><\/span><span class=\"ols-sub-particle-dot d2\"><\/span><span class=\"ols-sub-particle-dot d3\"><\/span><\/div>\n                <div class=\"ols-sub-visual-main ols-sub-visual-main--mid\">Naming and Classifying<\/div>\n                <div class=\"ols-sub-visual-sub\">primary, secondary, tertiary<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ols-sub-card-num\">1<\/div>\n            <span class=\"ols-sub-card-status ols-sub-card-status--available\">Available<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"ols-sub-card-body\">\n            <p class=\"ols-sub-card-title\">Alcohols: Naming, Classification and Properties<\/p>\n            <p class=\"ols-sub-card-desc\">Alcohols: nomenclature, structural, displayed and skeletal formulae, primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols, hydrogen bonding, boiling temperatures and solubility.<\/p>\n            <span class=\"ols-sub-card-cta\">\n              Start revising\n              <svg viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M3 8h10M9 4l4 4-4 4\"><\/path><\/svg>\n            <\/span>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/a>\n\n        <a class=\"ols-sub-card ols-sub-card--available\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinelearningsystem.net\/xyz\/revision-notes\/a-level-chemistry\/edexcel-international\/topic-10-alcohols-halogenoalkanes-and-spectra\/10a-alcohols\/oxidation-of-alcohols\/\">\n          <div class=\"ols-sub-card-img-wrap\">\n            <div class=\"ols-sub-visual ols-sub-visual--particles\">\n              <div class=\"ols-sub-visual-panel\">\n                <div class=\"ols-sub-visual-kicker\">Orange to green<\/div>\n                <div class=\"ols-sub-particle-diagram\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"ols-sub-particle-dot d1\"><\/span><span class=\"ols-sub-particle-dot d2\"><\/span><span class=\"ols-sub-particle-dot d3\"><\/span><\/div>\n                <div class=\"ols-sub-visual-main ols-sub-visual-main--mid\">Oxidation of Alcohols<\/div>\n                <div class=\"ols-sub-visual-sub\">distil or reflux, [O]<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ols-sub-card-num\">2<\/div>\n            <span class=\"ols-sub-card-status ols-sub-card-status--available\">Available<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"ols-sub-card-body\">\n            <p class=\"ols-sub-card-title\">Oxidation of Alcohols<\/p>\n            <p class=\"ols-sub-card-desc\">The oxidation of alcohols: acidified dichromate(VI), aldehydes, carboxylic acids and ketones, distillation versus reflux, [O] equations and tests for aldehydes and acids.<\/p>\n            <span class=\"ols-sub-card-cta\">\n              Start revising\n              <svg viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M3 8h10M9 4l4 4-4 4\"><\/path><\/svg>\n            <\/span>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/a>\n\n        <a class=\"ols-sub-card ols-sub-card--available\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinelearningsystem.net\/xyz\/revision-notes\/a-level-chemistry\/edexcel-international\/topic-10-alcohols-halogenoalkanes-and-spectra\/10a-alcohols\/reactions-of-alcohols\/\">\n          <div class=\"ols-sub-card-img-wrap\">\n            <div class=\"ols-sub-visual ols-sub-visual--particles\">\n              <div class=\"ols-sub-visual-panel\">\n                <div class=\"ols-sub-visual-kicker\">Reaction map<\/div>\n                <div class=\"ols-sub-particle-diagram\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"ols-sub-particle-dot d1\"><\/span><span class=\"ols-sub-particle-dot d2\"><\/span><span class=\"ols-sub-particle-dot d3\"><\/span><\/div>\n                <div class=\"ols-sub-visual-main ols-sub-visual-main--mid\">Reactions of Alcohols<\/div>\n                <div class=\"ols-sub-visual-sub\">PCl\u2085, HBr, P\/I\u2082, dehydration<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ols-sub-card-num\">3<\/div>\n            <span class=\"ols-sub-card-status ols-sub-card-status--available\">Available<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"ols-sub-card-body\">\n            <p class=\"ols-sub-card-title\">Substitution and Elimination Reactions of Alcohols<\/p>\n            <p class=\"ols-sub-card-desc\">Reactions of alcohols: combustion, halogenation with PCl\u2085, KBr and sulfuric acid, and red phosphorus and iodine, and dehydration to alkenes.<\/p>\n            <span class=\"ols-sub-card-cta\">\n              Start revising\n              <svg viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M3 8h10M9 4l4 4-4 4\"><\/path><\/svg>\n            <\/span>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/a>\n\n        <a class=\"ols-sub-card ols-sub-card--available\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinelearningsystem.net\/xyz\/revision-notes\/a-level-chemistry\/edexcel-international\/topic-10-alcohols-halogenoalkanes-and-spectra\/10a-alcohols\/preparing-and-purifying-organic-liquids\/\">\n          <div class=\"ols-sub-card-img-wrap\">\n            <div class=\"ols-sub-visual ols-sub-visual--particles\">\n              <div class=\"ols-sub-visual-panel\">\n                <div class=\"ols-sub-visual-kicker\">Practical skills<\/div>\n                <div class=\"ols-sub-particle-diagram\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"ols-sub-particle-dot d1\"><\/span><span class=\"ols-sub-particle-dot d2\"><\/span><span class=\"ols-sub-particle-dot d3\"><\/span><\/div>\n                <div class=\"ols-sub-visual-main ols-sub-visual-main--mid\">Preparing and Purifying<\/div>\n                <div class=\"ols-sub-visual-sub\">reflux, distil, separate, dry<\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"ols-sub-card-num\">4<\/div>\n            <span class=\"ols-sub-card-status ols-sub-card-status--available\">Available<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"ols-sub-card-body\">\n            <p class=\"ols-sub-card-title\">Preparing and Purifying Organic Liquids<\/p>\n            <p class=\"ols-sub-card-desc\">Preparing and purifying organic liquids: reflux, distillation, separating funnel, drying agents, boiling temperature and percentage yield.<\/p>\n            <span class=\"ols-sub-card-cta\">\n              Start revising\n              <svg viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><path d=\"M3 8h10M9 4l4 4-4 4\"><\/path><\/svg>\n            <\/span>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/article>\n\n    <article class=\"ols-note-card purple\">\n      <div class=\"ols-note-title\">\n        <div class=\"ols-note-icon\">\u2713<\/div>\n        <h2>How to Use These Pages<\/h2>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <p>Start with naming and classification so that primary, secondary and tertiary are automatic, then the oxidation page, which is the most examined, then the reaction map, and use the techniques page alongside the practical work.<\/p>\n\n      <div class=\"ols-key-box\">\n        <p><strong>Exam focus:<\/strong> Every reaction answer needs reagent, conditions and observation. For oxidation add whether you distil or reflux, and why.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/article>\n\n    <section class=\"ols-related-card\">\n      <h2>Related Topic 10 Pages<\/h2>\n      <p>Use these pages to connect alcohols with the other parts of Topic 10 and with the core practicals.<\/p>\n\n      <div class=\"ols-related-grid\">\n        <a class=\"ols-related-item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinelearningsystem.net\/xyz\/revision-notes\/a-level-chemistry\/edexcel-international\/topic-10-alcohols-halogenoalkanes-and-spectra\/10b-halogenoalkanes\/\">Topic 10B Halogenoalkanes<\/a>\n        <a class=\"ols-related-item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinelearningsystem.net\/xyz\/revision-notes\/a-level-chemistry\/edexcel-international\/topic-10-alcohols-halogenoalkanes-and-spectra\/10c-spectra\/\">Topic 10C Spectra<\/a>\n        <a class=\"ols-related-item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinelearningsystem.net\/xyz\/revision-notes\/a-level-chemistry\/edexcel-international\/topic-10-alcohols-halogenoalkanes-and-spectra\/\">Topic 10 Overview<\/a>\n        <a class=\"ols-related-item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinelearningsystem.net\/xyz\/revision-notes\/a-level-chemistry\/edexcel-international\/core-practicals\/cp-7-oxidation-of-propan-1-ol\/\">Core Practical 7<\/a>\n        <a class=\"ols-related-item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinelearningsystem.net\/xyz\/revision-notes\/a-level-chemistry\/edexcel-international\/core-practicals\/cp-6-chlorination-of-2-methylpropan-2-ol\/\">Core Practical 6<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <section class=\"ols-attribution-card\">\n      <p><strong>Copyright notice:<\/strong> This revision page, including its written explanations, layout and teaching sequence, is produced for Online Learning System by Dr. Mohammed Al-Fatah. 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