Question

How do you draw a primary alcohol?

Answer 1

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

Explanation:

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.