Asked by angy

Write the condensed structural formulas for the following alcohols."" Correct the incorrect names.""
4-methyl-1-pentanol
2-methyl-2-butanol
3-ethyl-1-butanol
2, 2-diethyl-4-pentanol
3-ethyl -2-hexanol

IS THERE ANY WRONG NAMES??
Answered by DrBob222
Take a look at 3 and 4. 3 appears to be a pentanol to me. 4 appears to be a hexanol to me. Check it out.
Answered by angy
How
Answered by DrBob222
The ethyl group on both 3 and 4 make the chain one C longer. I can't draw it on this forum but try google the names you have and see how they look then count the longest C chain.
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