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danago
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Hi.
In my chemistry book, one of the questions was to name the given organic molecule. What was given was a benzene ring with a single -OH functional group attached. Immediately, i recognized it as phenol, but i also said its conventional name was benzenol.
When i turned to the answers, they said it was either phenol or hydroxybenzene.
My question is this: why should it be named with the prefix for alcohol functional groups, rather than the suffix, since it is the only functional group present?
Thanks in advance,
Dan.
In my chemistry book, one of the questions was to name the given organic molecule. What was given was a benzene ring with a single -OH functional group attached. Immediately, i recognized it as phenol, but i also said its conventional name was benzenol.
When i turned to the answers, they said it was either phenol or hydroxybenzene.
My question is this: why should it be named with the prefix for alcohol functional groups, rather than the suffix, since it is the only functional group present?
Thanks in advance,
Dan.