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which suffix is use in the group alcohol...?

which suffix is use in the group alcohol...?

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Aarti Gupta
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9 years ago
Alcohols are the organic compounds which have OH as an functional group.For ex- CH3OH,C2H5OH etc.According to IUPAC nomenclature they are named by adding the suffix ‘ol’ to the name of corresponding alkane. For ex- CH3OH is methanol,C2H5OH is ethanol.

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