Example of higher members of alcohols

i would like to know some of the higher members in the homologous series of alcohols.
the ones which are less soluble in water example (due to the stronger hydrogen bonds).

also if you can show me the link to see them, like on youtube or something. to know what they are like

The higher alcohols just follow the normal homologous series:

methanol
ethanol
butanol
propanol
heptanol
hexanol
heptanol
octanol
nonanol
decanol

etc.

The longer chained molecules become less water soluble because the solubility is largely due to the -OH group being polar and therefore forming hydrogen bonds with the water. As the carbon backbone gets longer the relative amount of -OH bond compared to the size of the molecule decreases and solubility falls.

As the chain length increases you also get a range of different isomers. For methanol and ethanol there is only one form each, but from butanol onwards the situation gets more complicated:

CH3-CH2-CH2OH

CH3-CHOH-CH3

The -OH group moving to different parts of the carbon backbone will lead to different melting and boiling points and different levels of miscibility in water.

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