The common name of $2 -$ methyl $- 1 -$ propananol is :

2 -

methyl

- 2 -

propanol

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Sec, butyl alcohol

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Isobuty alcohol

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Tertiary bytyyl alcohol

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Solution

The correct option is B Isobuty alcohol
$2 - m e t h y l - 1 - p r o p a n o l \to H_{3} C - C H (C H_{3}) - C H_{2} - O H$
as the group is also known as isobutyl group.
Hence the common name is Isobutyl alcohol

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Arrange the following alcohols in the increasing order of their acidic strength

a) 2-butanol b) methyl alcohol c) 1-propanol d) 2-methyl-2-propanol

C H_{3} C H_{2} C H_{2} C H_{2} O H

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