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What type of alcohol?

This exercise will help you to distinguish between primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols by
their structure. Make sure that you know the difference between primary, secondary, and tertiary
alcohols in terms of their structure.
a. Classify each of these alcohols as either primary, secondary, or tertiary.
Remember that the numbering of the –OH group should be from the end which gives the
smallest number.
b. Give the names of each of the alcohols shown in part a.

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