Alcohols and halogenoalkanes

• Primary?alcohols?and?halogenoalkanes?are those in which the carbon atom bonded to the? functional group is attached to?one?other carbon atom (or alkyl group)
• In?secondary?alcohols?and?halogenoalkanes?the functional group carbon atom is attached to?two?other carbon atoms (or alkyl groups)
• In?tertiary?alcohols?and?halogenoalkanes?the functional group carbon atom is attached?to?three?other carbon atoms (or alkyl groups)

Classifying primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols and alcohols with more than one alcohol group

Amines

• Amines?follow a slightly different classification system, although the terms?primary,?secondary?and?tertiary?are still used
• The classification is based on the number of alkyl groups attached to the nitrogen in the?amine
• Primary?amines?are those in which the nitrogen is attached to?one?other carbon atom (or alkyl group)
• In?secondary?amines?the nitrogen atom is attached to?two?other carbon atoms (or alkyl groups)
• In?tertiary?amines?the nitrogen is attached to?three?other carbon atoms (or alkyl groups)

Primary, secondary and tertiary Amines