R-Oh In Yo' Face

R-Oh In Yo' Face
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Organic chemists losing their minds when someone calls water an alcohol? Technically correct is the best kind of correct! Water (H2O) does have that hydroxyl group (-OH) attached to a carbon... oh wait, there's no carbon. That's the whole point!

The R-OH structure defines alcohols in organic chemistry, where R represents a carbon-containing group. Without that carbon backbone, water is just... well, water. Calling it "the simplest alcohol" is like calling your cat a tiger because they both have whiskers. The confused cat in this meme perfectly captures the collective facepalm of every organic chemist who's ever had to explain this to a first-year student.

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