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Which compound is an alcohol?
(1) propanal (3) butane
(2) ethyne (4) methanol

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The answer is (4) methanol. The alcohol means that this molecule has a functional group of -OH. And the name usually ends with -ol. So the methanol is the only one with alcohol.
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