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Question

Identify allylic alcohols in the given examples.

A
B
C
D
E
F

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Solution

Allylic alcohols are those in which the OH group is attached to a sp3 hybridised carbon next to the carbon-carbon double bond. We can also say that OH group is attached to an allylic carbon.

Skeleton of allylic alcohol is:

C=CCOH

Out of given alcohols, only (B) and (F) are
allylic alcohols i.e.,

H2C=CHCH2OH and


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