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Write the IUPAC name of the given compound:


2-Methylpropen-1-ol


The numbering will start from -OH (functional group).Therefore, carbon attached to -OH is 1 and thenumbering


will proceed in right to left direction.


Further, Methyl group is attached to Carbon 2 and there is a double bond at C-2 and the main chain consists of 3 Carbon atoms so, called as Propene while the complete name is 2-Methylpropene (named alphabetically).



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