Alcohol nomenclature – Formative assessment

1. Name the following alcohols

CH3
H3C CH2 CH2 CH3
CH CH2 CH
CH2 CH2 OH CH Cl

1) H3C CH2 CH2 a) OH OH 2) HO CH2

OH

H3C CH2 CH2 CH2 CH CH3

CH2
CH CH OH HC CH2
CH OH
H2C
b) CH3 CH3 3) CH2 c) CH2

OH

CH3 CH3 OH
C
CH2 CH3
HC CH H3C C C HC

CH2 HC CH2 CH2

CH3 CH3
HC CH

4) CH d) H3C C C CH2 OH 5) CH3

1. Draw the following alcohols

e) heptan-2-ol g) pentan-1,4-diol i) 3,4-dimethylcycloheptan-1-ol
6) 3-methylhexan-1-ol 8) benzene-1,3-diol
f) cyclopropanol h) but-2-ene-1-ol
7) 2,4,6-trichlorooctan-2-ol 9) 4-methylpent-2-yne-1-ol

10. Explain why the propane that is used as a fuel in a BBQ is gas at room temperature, but 2-propanol
used as rubbing alcohol is a liquid at
room temperature.