Menthol reacts in many ways like a normal secondary alcohol.

A number of primary and secondary alcohols was tested, from methanol to 2-butanol.

Cyclohexanol undergoes the main reactions expected for a secondary alcohol.

Secondary alcohols react faster than primary ones, although selectivity is low.

Less often, they are produced from secondary alcohols.

Secondary alcohols react within five or so minutes (depending on their solubility).

Secondary alcohols are converted into ketones - no further oxidation is possible.

It is a secondary alcohol with the hydroxyl on the second carbon of the straight seven-carbon chain.

The formation of a secondary alcohol via reduction and hydration is shown:

It is structurally related to menthol which has a secondary alcohol in place of the carbonyl.

The reagent is mainly used for the synthesis of chiral secondary alcohols.

When a secondary alcohol is oxidised, it is converted to a ketone.

The reaction mechanism has been reported to begin with the reduction of an ether protected amide to form a secondary alcohol.

This is also the case when testing for secondary alcohols (methyl alcohols).

DCC can also be used to invert secondary alcohols.

Secondary alcohol 2.2 was protected as the benzyl ether so that the reduction of lactone 2.3 could occur.

This produces the secondary alcohol.

The resulting catalyst was then successfully used for the chemoselective oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols.

On oxidation the secondary alcohols form ketones.

Oxidation of secondary alcohol to ketone (cyclooctanone) and nortricyclanone.

Jones reagent interacts with secondary alcohols resulting in oxidation to ketones.

Secondary alcohols oxidise to form alkanals (aldehydes) and then alkanoic acids.

The ate complex undergoes a 1,2-metallate rearrangement to give the homologated product, which is then further oxidise to a secondary alcohol.

If primary or secondary alcohols are to be reacted with hydrochloric acid, an activator such as zinc chloride is needed.

Protected secondary alcohol in Ojima lactam 7.1 during reaction with alcohol 7.2 in the tail addition.