[psychoNOT]

Here is a structure:


My answer guide says the correct name is 3-phenyl-1-butanol.

I had written sec-butan-4-olbenzene.  Is this completely wrong?  The rules say that benzene is used as the root unless a carbon substituent is > or = 6 C long, butanol is 4.  Does an alcohol just negate this general rule?  I know with alkanes the C bonded to an OH should have the lowest number, but this compound also contains a benzene.

I can see the ambiguity with using sec-butanol - the OH should have the lowest number, so it should be called sec-butan-1-ol, but that wouldn't specify whether the OH was on the carbon on the left or right side of the butane substituent, so I guess I understand that this isn't correct, but I'm not entirely sure what specific rule in terms of nomenclature makes this name incorrect.  Any hints or help are appreciated!

Thank you
psycho

[psychoNOT]

Follow up (semi-related)

Can you use the para/ortho/meta terminology for cycloalkenes?

e.g. p-hydroxycyclohex-2-enone?  Or does it have to be 4-hydroxycyclohex-2-enone?

Thank you

[Telamond]

Benzene substituents to these are usually referred to as phenyl.

Your answer, sec-butan-4-olbenzene doesn't really tell the placement of the phenyl group relative to the alcohol.

For your follow-up question, para/ortho/meta terminology only works for arenes (aromatic hydrocarbons like benzene etc).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arene_substitution_patterns