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Arrive at, systematically, the IUPAC name of the compound: \(CH_3–CH_2–CH_2–OH\)
\(CH_3-CH_2-CH_2-OH\)
Step 1: According to rule \(1\), there is three-membered carbon chain; hence, the .
Step 2: According to rule \(2\), all the bonds between carbon atoms are , and thus the primary suffix is ‘ane’.
Step 3: According to rule \(3\), the carbon chain is numbered from the end closest to the that has the lowest locant number, as shown below
Step 4: The locant number is \(1\) for the \(-OH\) group, and hence the secondary suffix is ‘’.
Note: According to rule \(5\), when the primary and secondary suffixes are combined, the primary suffix's terminal 'e' is removed.
Hence, the name of the given compound is \(\text{Prop + ane + (-1-ol)}\) =
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