The ticked option is the answer given in the book. Why is the answer not 3-methyl pentan-3-ol?
Ayesha Khan , 10 Years ago
Grade 12th pass
1 Answers
Ramreddy
Last Activity: 10 Years ago
Here while selecting the parent chain one thing should be observed carefully i.e. select the parent chain so that functional group -OH will get the least numbering. That is possible for only butane parent chain. So according to this IUPAC name will be 2-Ethyl butanol-2. I hope you got the right concept.