Provide an IUPAC name of the following compound OH

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Provide an IUPAC name of the following compound

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The first and the foremost step while naming the IUPAC name of an organic compound is the identification of the parent hydrocarbon chain as well as the parent functional group. Then, the substituents groups attached to the parent hydrocarbon are identified and written out in alphabetical order followed by the base name. Number are used in order to represent the position of each substituent group, the position being counted from the substituent group that comes earlier in alphabetical order. Commas are used between numbers and dashes are used between letters and numbers and no spaces is used in between the names.

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