Chemistry (12th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0132525763
ISBN 13: 978-0-13252-576-3

Chapter 23 - Functional Groups - 23 Assessment - Page 833: 69

Answer

Cholesterol is an alcohol with a hydroxy group on a cycloalkane. It has four nonaromatic rings and a double bond in one of its rings. It also has a large alkyl group, which makes the molecule nonpolar.

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Cholesterol is an alcohol with a hydroxy group on a cycloalkane. It has four nonaromatic rings and a double bond in one of its rings. It also has a large alkyl group, which makes the molecule nonpolar.
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