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Alcohols - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Steam (high water temp) + Phosphoric acid catalyst + High pressure
      - Electrophilic addition
      - Pi bond breaks and the H and OH is added from a water molecule
      - Markonikoff's rule - prioritises stability of carbocation
  - - - More efficient than alkanes
    - - Primary alcohols
        
        Readily oxidised if using strong enough agent