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Write IUPAC names of the following · Q1

Q.Write IUPAC name of the compound drawn as structure i. — a cyclopentane ring whose one carbon bears both HO and CH₃:

Structures i, iii and iv of this exercise
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The drawn structure is a cyclopentane ring whose one carbon carries BOTH the -OH group and a methyl group. The ring is the parent (cyclopentanol); the carbon bearing the -OH is numbered 1, and the methyl sits on that same carbon:

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1-Methylcyclopentan-1-ol

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