The IUPAC name of CH3-CH(OH)-CHO is:

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The IUPAC name of $CH X_{3} - CH (OH) - CHO$ is:

A2-hydroxypropan-1-one
B1-hydroxypropan-2-one
C2-hydroxypropanal
Dpropane-1,2-diol

Answer: C

The aldehyde group outranks the alcohol, so it is the suffix and carbon 1 is the CHO carbon. The OH is on carbon 2 and is cited as the prefix hydroxy. The name is 2-hydroxypropanal.

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