Solved: Name each alcohol.(a) (b) (c) (d)

Solution 88P:

Here, we are going to give the IUPAC name of the following alcohol.

Step1: Rules for naming alcohol

1. The longest carbon chain which contain  OH functional group is the base chain.

1.  The base name end with “ol”.
2. the base chain to assign the OH group the lowest possible number.
3. The position of the OH group is indicated by the number just before base name.

(a)

The name of the alcohol is 3-octanol.

(b)

The name of the alcohol is 4-methyl-2-hexanol.

(c)

The name of the alcohol is 2-methyl-2-pentanol.

(d)

The name of the alcohol is 2,3-dimethyl-1-heptanol.