Write the structures of the following compounds.
$3 -$ Hydroxybutanal

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Solution

The given compound contain hydroxy group at carbon number 3 and it has aldehyde group in its parent chain with 4 carbon atoms.
Thus the structure of the compound is:
$C H_{3} - O H | C H - C H_{2} - C H O$

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