Classify the following as primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols:
H₂C = CH – CH₂OH

Question

Classify the following as primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols: H 2 C = CH – CH 2 OH

Philoid · Accepted Answer

It is primary alcohol because carbon which carries the –OH group is only attached to one alkene group.

Classify the following as primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols:H2C = CH – CH2OH