Chapter 16, Problem 11PP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The name of the given alcohol is to be identified.

Concept Introduction:

Straight chain alkanes have a continuous chain of carbon atoms and are named using a prefix corresponding to the number of carbon atoms, followed by the suffic $-ane$ .

The name of a branched-chain alkane is written with the branch name in alphabetical order along with the position, followed by the name of the longest continuous carbon chain.

Carbon atoms are numbered in such a way that a branch position gets a lower number with respect to the main chain.

In alcohols, the suffix $-ane$ for alkanes is replaced with $-anol$ .

$di-$ , $tri-$ prefixes are used if more than one identical groups are present as substituents in the chain.