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In this problem, we're told that alcohols can act both as weak acids and weak bases like water.
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Species like this we call amphoteric.
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That simply means they can be an acid or a base.
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We want to draw a methanol.
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Remember, carbon can only have four bonds.
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If we can only have single bonds to hydrogen, that means we already have three bonds.
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There's only a single bond that can go to oxygen.
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Again, hydrogen can only have one bond.
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Then we'll have two lone pairs on oxygen in order to give the oxygen an octet.
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Here, this could react with hydrochloric acid, where this is a strong acid.
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Our alcohol will act as a base and come grab this hydrogen and break our bond here...