Question

Neo-heptyl alcohol is correctly represented as:
A.

B.

C.

D.

Answer 1

Hint: Neoheptyl alcohol is a compound having formula ${{C}_{7}}{{H}_{16}}O$. It contains OH group which is alcoholic in nature that’s why it is known by neo heptyl alcohol where hepta means 7 i.e. presence of 7 carbon atoms.

Complete step by step solution:
Now we have to discuss about the structure of neo heptyl alcohol where we describe that heptyl represents presence of 7 carbon atom, alcohol represents presence of –OH group in the chain while prefix neo represents that the structure has $(C{{H}_{3}})C-$group at one end of the carbon chain. Neo-heptyl alcohol is its common name and it also be known by some other names like tert-butyl carbinol where tert represents tertiary carbon atom which defines that three other carbon atoms are attached with one carbon atom as shown in its correct structure so we can say that the structure which defines neo heptyl alcohol should have tertiary carbon atom so from all of the above structure the right structure is option C.

It can also be known by tert-butyl methanol. These all are its common name while the IUPAC name of this structure is 2,2-dimethylpropan-1-ol.

So we can say that the correct answer is option (C).

Note: IUPAC stands for International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; it gives us some rules for naming organic and inorganic compounds. IUPAC nomenclature generally divided into three basic parts such as substituents present in the chain, length of carbon chain and functional group present in the chain.