ALCOHOL
Common name: alkyl + alcohol
● For simple alkyl groups only
IUPAC Name
● Open chain alcohols
1. Locate longest carbon chain. Change -e suffix to -ol.
2. Number parent chain beginning with carbon end na closest to -OH group.
3. Number substituents
● Cyclic alcohol
1. Ring bearing -OH ang parent ring.
2. Position 1 is carbon bearing -OH but position 1is not in the name.
3. Lowest numbering of substituents.
