Alcohols and Phenols ROH, ArOH

By the IUPAC system, the suffix -ol for OH is added to the name of the parent hydrocarbon. N otice that alkane- + -ol becomes alkanol, with the e omitted [Pg.191]

3-chloro-1 -propanol phenylmethanol (benzyl alcohol) I OH 1,4-cyclohexanediol [Pg.191]

The substituent name for the OH group is hydroxy and should be used whenever the OH group is not the parent function (see Table 7-1). Notice how the precedence rules apply — hydroxy below carboxylic acid and hydroxy below ketone [Pg.191]

Many trivial names persist, particularly for aromatic, or arene alcohols (phenols) [Pg.191]

Exercise 7-4 Write systematic names for each of the following compounds [Pg.191]

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