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Chapter 15 Alcohols, Diols, and Thiols

15.1 Sources of Alcohols
15.2 Preparation of Alcohols by Reduction of Aldehydes and Ketones
15.3 Preparation of Alcohols by Reduction of Carboxylic Acids and Esters
15.4 Preparation of Alcohols from Epoxides
15.5 Preparation of Diols

15.6 Reactions of Alcohols: A Review and a Preview
15.7 Conversion of Alcohols to Ethers
15.8 Esterification
15.9 Esters of Inorganic Acids
15.10 Oxidation of Alcohols
Economic and Environmental Factors in Organic Synthesis
15.11 Biological Oxidation of Alcohols
15.12 Oxidative Cleavage of Vicinal Diols
15.13 Preparation of Thiols
15.14 Properties of Thiols
15.15 Spectrosocpic Analysis of Alcohols
15.16 Mass Spectrometry of Alcohols
15.17 Summary

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