According to carbinol system tert-butyl alcohol is named as

According to carbinol system tert-butyl alcohol is named as
  1. methyl carbinol
  2. ethyl carbinol
  3. propyl carbinol
  4. trimethyl carbinol

Solution

In carbinol system, the alkyl groups attached to the carbon carrying -OH group are named in alphabetical order, followed by the suffix carbinol.

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