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Write the IUPAC name of the following compound:
\[\begin{array}{cc}
\ce{CH3 - CH - CH - CH3}\\
|\phantom{.........}|\phantom{...}\\
\ce{OH}\phantom{....}\ce{OH}\\
\end{array}\]
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Solution
Butane-2,3-diol
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\[\begin{array}{cc}
\phantom{..............}\ce{CH3}\\
\phantom{............}|\\
\ce{CH3 - CH - CH - C - CH3}\\
|\phantom{.....}|\phantom{......}|\\
\phantom{...}\ce{CH3}\phantom{.}\ce{OH}\phantom{...}\ce{CH3}
\end{array}\]
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\[\begin{array}{cc}
\phantom{...............}\ce{CH3}\\
\phantom{.............}|\\
\ce{CH3 - CH - CH - C - CH3}\\
|\phantom{......}|\phantom{......}|\\
\phantom{...}\ce{CH3\phantom{...}OH\phantom{...}CH3}\\
\end{array}\]
