Posted by Caleb on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at 12:14pm.
If primary alcohol is oxidized once, you get an aldehyde group (if oxidized twice you would get a carboxylic acid)
2-ethyl-3-hydroxyhexanal
If secondary alcohol is oxidized, you get a ketone:
1-hydroxy-2-ethylhexan-3-one
If both oxidize, you have a ketone with an aldehyde substituent:
1-formyl-2-ethylhexan-3-one
I'm not up on the newest organic nomenclature but I would use these names. I have found that there is no ABSOLUTELY correct way; i.e., many names are correct. I would advise getting a second opinion.
#1.
2-ethyl-3-hydroxy-1-hexanal
#2.
2-ethyl-1-hydroxy-3-hexanone (or hexan-3-one).
#3.
2-ethylhexane-1-al-3-one
1-hexanal is redundant. In an aldehyde, the aldehyde carbon is always #1.
After seeing DrBob's answer, I'd change the substituent orders in my answer to be alphabetic:
2-ethyl-3-hydroxyhexanal
2-ethyl-1-hydroxyhexan-3-one
2-ethyl-1-formylhexan-3-one
I know you're right about the 1 being redundant; however, I stick it in anyway. It isn't absolutely correct but it isn't absolutely incorrect either (at least in my mind). :-).
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