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Nomenclature of Alcohols

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The IUPAC name of sec. butyl alcohol is:

A

1-butanol

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B

2-butanol

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C

2-methyl-l-butanol

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2-methyl-2-butanol

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Solution

The correct option is A 2-butanol
The IUPAC name of the sec. butyl acohol is 2-butanol because the longest continue chain contain 4-carbon as well as the $- O H$ group is attached to 2nd carbon , hence the name is 2-butanol.

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