Quick questions on Reactions of alcohols: TCE Chemistry (Tasmania)

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What is alcohols in context?

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Alcohols sit at the centre of organic synthesis because they can be made from alkenes (by hydration) and converted into aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, alkenes and haloalkanes. This versatility is why the reactions of alcohols recur throughout multistep synthesis questions. Ethanol in particular is both a major industrial solvent and a renewable fuel produced by fermentation, and the controlled oxidation of alcohols underpins the manufacture of many flavour and fragrance compounds.

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