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Organic Chemistry Text Book (CHEM 3401 and 3402)

12.7.1 Alcohol Nomenclature

Alcohol Nomenclature

Consider the following six isomeric alcohols:

A (C2H5)3COH
B [(CH3)2CH]2CHOH		 C (C2H5)2C(CH3)CH2OH
D (CH3)3C(CH2)3OH		 E (CH3CH2CH2)2CHOH
F CH3CH2CH2CH(CH3)CH2CH2OH

 

(1) Which one has the IUPAC name
2,4-dimethyl-3-pentanol?
A B
C D
E F
None		 (2) Which one has the IUPAC name
2-ethyl-2-methyl-1-butanol?
A B
C D
E F
None		 (3) Which one has the IUPAC name
3-methyl-1-hexanol?
A B
C D
E F
None
(4) Which one has the IUPAC name
4-heptanol?
A B
C D
E F
None		 (5) Which one has the IUPAC name
3-ethyl-3-pentanol?
A B
C D
E F
None		 (6) Which one has the IUPAC name
3,3-dimethyl-2-pentanol?
A B
C D
E F
None
(7) Which one has the IUPAC name
4,4-dimethyl-1-pentanol?
A B
C D
E F
None		 (8) Which one has the IUPAC name
2,2-dimethyl-3-pentanol?
A B
C D
E F
None



 

   

 

This script written by William Reusch, Dept. of Chemistry, Michigan State University. Please send comments and corrections to whreusch@pilot.msu.edu.