Question

Primary alcohols van be benzylic in nature.

(a) True

(b) False

This question was posed to me in a national level competition.

I would like to ask this question from Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers Classification in section Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers of Chemistry – Class 12

Answer 1

Right choice is (a) True

For explanation: Benzylic alcohols contain a sp^3 C-OH bond next to an aromatic ring, which means that the C atom can have zero or two alkyl groups attached to it along with the ring and OH group.