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MHT CET · Chemistry · General Organic Chemistry

According to carbinol system tert-butyl alcohol is named as

  1. A methyl carbinol
  2. B ethyl carbinol
  3. C propyl carbinol
  4. D trimethyl carbinol
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(D) trimethyl carbinol

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In carbinol system, the alkyl groups attached to the carbon carrying -OH group are named in alphabetical order, followed by the suffix carbinol.