Is this an Alcohol?

And is it 1-Methyl- 2 di EthylPropanol

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2 Answers
Mar 30, 2018

Yes

Explanation:

The C- O - H is the structure for an alcohol

Also the name gives the clue that the molecule is an alcohol.
Propanol has the ending ol which is the ending for an alcohol.
such as ethanol #CH_3CH_2OH#

Mar 30, 2018

See below

Explanation:

To answer your second question, the name of the compound is

2,2-dimethyl-propan-1-ol
or
2,2-dimethyl-1-propanol

I don't see an ethyl group there, remember an ethyl group is denoted by #C_2H_5# branching off the main chain