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Write the IUPAC name of the following compound:
CH3CH2OCH2CHOHCH3

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Solution

H3CCH2OCH2CH|CH3
OH
First chose the longest chain, i.e. propane in the above case.
Number the chain with the highest prior group get the smallest number.
Here OH will get 2 number from each end. So numbering will start from the other functional group i.e. OCH2CH3.
The naming will be 1ethoxypropan2ol

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