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‘ol’ suffix is attached with which group in nomenclature?

The compounds which have -OH group are called alcohols. And we use ‘hydroxy’ as prefix and ‘ol’ as suffix in nomenclature.

Ex- CH3-CH2-OH is an alcohol. Its common name is ethyl alcohol and IUPAC name is ethanol.

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