Answer to Question #164821 in Organic Chemistry for hello world

Question

2-ethyl-1-propanol structural formula

Answer 1

If we try to make the structural formula of 2- ethyl-1-propanol, it will look like this

but, according to IUPAC Nomenclature, this is 2-methyl-1-butanol

So, 2-methyl-1-butanol is correct IUPAC nomenclature structural formula of 2-ethyl-1-propanol.