Question

Name the following compound:

CH3 – CH2 – OH

Ethanol
Ethane
Ethanone
Ethyl ether

Answer 1

your answer is Ethanol ......

Answer 2

Ethanol due to the -OH at the end of the molecule. The -OH is known as the alcohol functional group (appears in all alcohols), along with the -ol at the end of ethanOL, which also tells you simply by looking at the name that it’s an alcohol!