Question

Draw the structural formula for the pentan-2-ol compound. What compound is used to describe this compound taken together?

Answer 1

\[\begin{array}{ccccccccccc} & & \mathrm{H} & & \mathrm{\phantom{..}OH} & & \mathrm{H} & & \mathrm{H} & & \mathrm{H} \\[-2pt] & & \big| & & \big| & & \big| & & \big| & & \big| \\[-2pt] \mathrm{H} & \!-\! & \mathrm{C} & \!-\! & \mathrm{C} & \!-\! & \mathrm{C} & \!-\! & \mathrm{C} & \!-\! & \mathrm{C}& \!-\! & \mathrm{H} \\[-2pt] & & \big| & & \big| & & \big| & & \big| & & \big| \\[-2pt] & & \mathrm{H} & & \mathrm{H} & & \mathrm{H} & & \mathrm{H} & & \mathrm{H} \end{array}\]

Pentan-2-ol belongs to the alcohol homologous series.