Edexcel A-Level Chemistry AS 10.15 The Nomenclature of Alcohols Questions

Practise Edexcel IAL Chemistry 10.15 by naming branched or polyhydroxy alcohols and drawing structural, displayed or skeletal formulae for alcohol isomers.

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give IUPAC names for branched or polyhydroxy alcohols with correct locants
draw structural, displayed or skeletal formulae for possible alcohol isomers

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This question is about alcohols with the molecular formula $\mathrm{C}_{6} \mathrm{H}_{14} \mathrm{O}$ .

Two primary $\mathrm{C}_{6} \mathrm{H}_{14} \mathrm{O}$ alcohols, A and B, are shown.

alcohol A

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Give the IUPAC name of alcohol A.

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