[freddyjabster]

Hi, i am a little bit stumped. I have a cyclohexane and attatched to it is a ethyl but on the ethyl there is a hydroxide attached to it if you can picture it what would the name be? If not i've drawn it at this link and attatched a picture (i think).



https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1YrJW02_miyJ4LXq_APfkFBXKcYj47qsD2Y6Lzzf5jh4/edit

So far i've gotten: 2-ethylcyclohexanol, and ethanolcyclohexane but I don't think any of these are right
Please help i don't know what to do. Thanks!

[TwistedConf]

What kind of a compound is this going to be (ie. what's the final suffix on the parent name?).  Start there.  The rest of the substituents and name will fall into line after that.

[freddyjabster]

so its an alcohol, the ending will be 'ol' parent is propane and substitunt would be cyclohexane? If this is the case would i name it: 1- cyclohexanepropanol?

[freddyjabster]

Thanks a lot i got it! http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/product/aldrich/110434?lang=en&region=US
1-cyclohexylethanol

*{MOD Edit: shorten link}*

[antimatter101]

why not 1-cyclohexyl-1-ethanol? it makes sense!

[Hunter2]

The second 1 is not necessary, because the other molecule with the 2 would be have different name.

[Lc310395]

Can anyone tell me why??i hvae got similar question to this one but i dont get it why cause the number of carbon in cyclohexane is more than ethanol but we use ethanol as the parent hydrocarbon

[discodermolide]

Have a read here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUPAC_nomenclature_of_organic_chemistry