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A student names CH₃CH(CH₃)CH₂CH₂OH as 2-methylbutan-4-ol. What is the mistake, and what is the correct name?
Chemistry
Hard
High School (11–12)
Organic Compounds with Functional Groups
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A student names
CH
3
CH
(
CH
3
)
CH
2
CH
2
OH
\text{CH}_{3}\text{CH}(\text{CH}_{3})\text{CH}_{2}\text{CH}_{2}\text{OH}
CH
3
CH
(
CH
3
)
CH
2
CH
2
OH
as 2-methylbutan-4-ol. What is the mistake, and what is the correct name?
The chain is numbered from the wrong end. The name is 3-methylbutan-1-ol
The name should use the ending -diol. The name is 3-methylbutane-1,4-diol
There is no mistake in the name
The chain is numbered from the wrong end. The name is 3-methylbutan-2-ol
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