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Classify the following alcohol as primary,secondary or tertiary.OHA. primaryB. secondaryC. tertiary

Classify the following alcohol as primary,secondary or tertiary.OHA. primaryB. secondaryC-example-1
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To define if alcohol is going to be primary, secondary or tertiary, we need to look at which carbon the OH is connected to. If the OH is bonded to a secondary Carbon, therefore it will also be secondary, answer letter B

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