$C H_{3} - C H_{2} - C H_{2} - O H$
Classify the following as primary, secondary and tertiary alcohol.

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Solution

The given compound is a primary alcohol as the $- O H$ group is attached to the primary carbon atom.
Also, the given compound contains 3 carbon atom along with $- O H$ group thus the name of the compound is $p r o p a n - 1 - o l$ .

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