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How many different secondary alcohols can be made from carbon skeleton shown?

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c-c-c-c-c

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(up and down C are bonded with middle C ) I know the answer is 1 but how do you determine?

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  1. The only secondary alcohol is

    3, 3 dimethyl 2- pentanol

    CH3CH(OH)C(CH3)2 CH2CH3

    - OH can be bonded with the first Carbon

    CH2(OH)CH2C(CH3)2CH2CH3 but this is a primary alcohol


  2. Actually

    3, 3 dimethyl 2- pentanol

  3. what he said

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