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How do you draw a primary alcohol?

Answer 1

#RCH_2OH# is the generic #1^@# alcohol.

Methyl alcohol is usually a class apart, but a primary alcohol is so designated when the ipso carbon bears 2 hydrogens. Neopentyl alcohol, #(H_3C)_3C(CH_2OH)# is a primary alcohol by this definition, but the alcoholic function is encased by so much shrubbery that this alcohol is quite inert.

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Answer 2

Santiago Alfonso

To draw a primary alcohol, start with a carbon chain representing the backbone of the molecule. Attach a hydroxyl group (-OH) to one end of the chain, directly bonded to a carbon atom. Ensure that the carbon atom to which the hydroxyl group is attached is also bonded to only one other carbon atom. This carbon atom is referred to as the primary carbon, hence the designation of the alcohol as primary.

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