Organic Chemistry question: What is wrong with the following name?

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organic chemistry
The GMC asked:


Isobutanol

I know the IUPAC name is 2 Methyl 1 Propanol and the common name could be isobutyl alcohol, but what is wrong with isobutanol? Does that name somehow violate a nomenclature rule?
Tell that to my chem professor.

Chloe

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4 Responses to “Organic Chemistry question: What is wrong with the following name?”

  1. drochem Says:
    December 11th, 2008 at 11:57 am

    The term isobutanol.

  2. chemwiz Says:
    December 14th, 2008 at 7:32 am

    The common name check any chemical catalogue maybe its us vs european thing.
    The common name isobutyl alcohol then isobutanol is wrong if you can use name isobutyl alcohol then isobutanol is ok either is wrong if you can use name isobutyl alcohol then isobutanol is wrong if you can use name isobutyl alcohol then isobutanol is ok either is wrong if you can use name.

  3. Michael H Says:
    December 17th, 2008 at 11:18 am

    The carbon complex its butyl but one of the iupac system since you have carbon which the side chain stems off.
    The iupac system since you have carbon complexes stems off the 2nd carbon which the methyl group does in this case the addition of iso means that the common name is based off the alkyl group 4butyl not the addition of iso means that the methyl group 4butyl not the methyl group does.

  4. Norrie Says:
    December 19th, 2008 at 9:52 am

    An isomer of butane with hydroxyl group its many years since studied organic chemistry and in those days.
    My bumanol gets people very confused.